Foreign Languages & Linguistics is a program of study at Georgetown University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in foreign languages and linguistics, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for foreign languages and linguistics majors, Georgetown came in at #7. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in District of Columbia.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Georgetown paid an average of $2,391 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,384 | $57,384 |
Fees | $544 | $544 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,032 | $17,032 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,594 | $2,594 |
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Online degrees for the Georgetown foreign languages and linguistics bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Georgetown Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.2% of the foreign languages and linguistics students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.2% of the foreign languages and linguistics bachelor’s degrees at Georgetown in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 67 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 26 |
East Asian Languages | 5 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 9 |
Germanic Languages | 3 |
Romance Languages | 38 |
*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.