by our College Data Analytics TeamRomance Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Boston University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in romance languages, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time undergraduates at Boston U paid an average of $1,777 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $56,854 | $56,854 |
| Fees | $1,218 | $1,218 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,640 | $16,640 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,950 | $1,950 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Romance Languages students who received their bachelor’s degree at Boston U took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 23% higher than the national average of $21,936.
The median early career salary of romance languages students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Boston U is $30,409 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $30,282.
Online degrees for the Boston U romance languages bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 88.2% of the romance languages students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 75.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.5% of the romance languages bachelor’s degrees at Boston U in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Romance Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to romance languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 21 |
| East Asian Languages | 13 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 4 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 3 |
*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.
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