Modern Languages at Virginia Commonwealth University

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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

VCU Modern Languages Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

VCU Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern 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.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the modern languages majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its modern languages bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Interpreters and Translators	2,000	$70,770
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	940	$68,850

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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