Germanic Languages at Wake Forest University

If you plan to study Germanic languages, take a look at what Wake Forest University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in German from Wake Forest University.

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

Wake Forest University Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

Wake Forest University Germanic Languages Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks German programs across the country. The following shows how Wake Forest University performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The German major at Wake Forest University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

German Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Germanic Languages from Wake Forest University in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in German 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 German.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in German. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German 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.