Romance Languages at Yale University

Every romance languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the romance languages program at Yale University stacks up to those at other schools.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 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.

Yale Romance Languages Degrees Available

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

Yale Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at Yale 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in romance languages, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Yale since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its romance languages bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Yale Romance Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of romance languages master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale 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	2
International Students	16
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 Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Romance Languages	18

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• 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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.