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Germanic Languages at West Virginia University

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Germanic Languages at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,540 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 2 of them were Germanic languages majors.

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.

WVU Germanic Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in German

WVU Germanic Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the German progam at WVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The German major at WVU 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
40

German Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Germanic Languages from WVU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in German at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in German.

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

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

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers 3,790 $47,050
Interpreters and Translators 70 $38,590
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 60 $41,930

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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