Portuguese at University of Massachusetts Amherst

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a portuguese school? To help you decide if University of Massachusetts Amherst is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's portuguese program.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Portuguese section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Amherst Portuguese Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Portuguese

UMass Amherst Portuguese Rankings

The portuguese major at UMass Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Portuguese. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Portuguese Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the portuguese majors at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Portuguese Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of portuguese bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical portuguese bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its portuguese bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in portuguese.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Portuguese Grads May Go Into

A degree in portuguese can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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