General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year.

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

UW - Madison General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UW - Madison General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Rankings

The classical languages major at UW - Madison is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in classical languages, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Classical Languages Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of classical languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in classical languages at UW - Madison are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW - Madison General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of classical languages master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Latin Language & 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Interpreters and Translators	1,070	$50,750
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	440	$73,400

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.