Classical Languages & Literature at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying classical languages and literature, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 5 of them were classical languages and literature majors.

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

USC Classical Languages & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages

USC Classical Languages & Literature Rankings

The classical languages major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Classical Languages & Literature. 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in classical languages from USC. This is the #51 most popular school for classical languages master’s degree candidates in the country.

Classical Languages Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the classical languages majors at University of Southern California.

USC Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Classical Languages & Literature from USC in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical classical languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its classical languages bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC also has a doctoral program available in classical languages. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• East Asian Languages
• Romance Languages
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Careers That Classical Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in classical 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.