by our College Data Analytics TeamRomance Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Brigham Young University - Provo. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in romance languages, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. BYU was ranked #52 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for romance languages majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in Utah.
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Part-time undergraduates at BYU paid an average of $313 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 | $5,970 | $5,970 |
| Books and Supplies | $896 | $896 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $7,808 | $7,808 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,920 | $4,920 |
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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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at BYU in Romance Languages walked away with an average of $13,000 in student debt. That is 41% lower than the national average of $21,936.
The median early career salary of romance languages students who receive their bachelor’s degree from BYU is $40,419 per year. That is 33% higher than the national average of $30,282.
Online degrees for the BYU 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 BYU Online Learning page.
About 43.8% of the students who received their BA in romance languages in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.6%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in romance languages at BYU in 2019-2020, 16.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 134 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Romance Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| French Language & Literature | 13 |
| Italian Language & Literature | 7 |
| Portuguese | 23 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 119 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to romance languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 83 |
| East Asian Languages | 30 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 42 |
| Germanic Languages | 12 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 34 |
*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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