by our College Data Analytics TeamForeign Languages & Linguistics is a program of study at University of California - Berkeley. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in foreign languages and linguistics, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. UC Berkeley was ranked #50 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for foreign languages and linguistics 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 #4 in California.
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Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
| Fees | $2,870 | $2,870 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,091 | $1,091 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $20,530 | $20,530 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $5,595 | $5,595 |
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Online degrees for the UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and linguistics in 2019-2020, 72.4% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 70.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 47.6% of the foreign languages and linguistics bachelor’s degrees at UC Berkeley in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 41 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 77 |
| International Students | 25 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 29 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 81 |
| East Asian Languages | 22 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 7 |
| Germanic Languages | 18 |
| Romance Languages | 80 |
*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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