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Romance Languages at Western Carolina University

Romance Languages at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243.

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.

WCU Romance Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages

WCU Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at WCU 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 WCU

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

WCU Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 WCU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in romance languages at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

Romance Languages majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Spanish Language & Literature 21

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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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