by our College Data Analytics TeamRomance Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. 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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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Ranked at #3 in College Factual's most recent rankings, Columbia is in the top 1% of the country for romance languages students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in New York.
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Part-time undergraduates at Columbia paid an average of $1,896 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 | $57,864 | $57,864 |
| Fees | $2,668 | $2,668 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,318 | $1,318 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $12,394 | $12,394 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,220 | $2,220 |
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romance languages who receive their bachelor’s degree from Columbia make an average of $52,107 a year during the early days of their career. That is 72% higher than the national average of $30,282.
Online degrees for the Columbia 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 Columbia Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in romance languages in 2019-2020, 77.5% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 75.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 55.0% of the romance languages bachelor’s degrees at Columbia in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 6 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Romance Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| French Language & Literature | 16 |
| Italian Language & Literature | 1 |
| Portuguese | 1 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 22 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to romance languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 28 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 10 |
| Germanic Languages | 3 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 18 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 13 |
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*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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