Modern Languages at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Modern Languages Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Virginia Tech does offer online courses in modern languages for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Virginia Tech Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in modern languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Virginia Tech Modern Languages Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a modern languages master's degree from Virginia Tech, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

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 Tech.

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
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.