Classical Languages & Literature at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year.

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.

Wake Forest University Classical Languages & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages

Wake Forest University Classical Languages & Literature Rankings

The classical languages major at Wake Forest University 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.

Classical Languages Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of classical languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical classical languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in classical languages at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in classical languages.

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

Concentrations Within Classical Languages & Literature

If you plan to be a classical languages major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wake Forest University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	4
Latin Language & Literature	1

Related Majors

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

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Interpreters and Translators	1,770	$59,310
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	840	$65,540

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.