The main focus area for this major is General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Classical Languages & Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Bucknell University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in classical languages, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for classical languages majors, Bucknell came in at #5. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for Bucknell.
Part-time undergraduates at Bucknell paid an average of $1,588 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,882 | $57,882 |
Fees | $320 | $320 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,670 | $14,670 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,150 | $2,150 |
Learn more about Bucknell tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Bucknell classical 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 Bucknell Online Learning page.
Women made up around 40.0% of the classical languages students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 58.6%.
Around 30.0% of classical languages bachelor’s degree recipients at Bucknell in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Classical Languages & Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 10 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to classical languages and literature.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 5 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 2 |
Germanic Languages | 1 |
Romance Languages | 35 |
*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.