Romance Languages at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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

UPenn Romance Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages
• Master’s Degree in Romance Languages

UPenn Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Romance Languages. 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the romance languages majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the romance languages master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in romance languages.

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

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	17
Spanish Language & Literature	13
French Language & Literature	5

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• East Asian Languages

Careers That Romance Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in romance languages can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,590	$78,240
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100

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
• Image Credit: By WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.