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Romance Languages at Vassar College

Romance Languages at Vassar College

If you are interested in studying romance languages, you may want to check out the program at Vassar College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435.

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.

Vassar Romance Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages

Vassar Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Vassar 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.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in romance languages at Vassar 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
French Language & Literature 16
Spanish Language & Literature 14
Italian Language & Literature 7

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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Interpreters and Translators 3,300 $68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 3,130 $87,670

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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