Romance Languages at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year.

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

WVU Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

WVU Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at WVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Romance 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.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical romance languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in romance languages 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 romance languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

If you plan to be a romance 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 West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature	8
French Language & Literature	1

Related Majors

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

Careers That Romance Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in romance 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.