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 University of Chicago. 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. UChicago is in the top 10% of the country for classical languages. More specifically it was ranked #14 out of 148 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for UChicago.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UChicago was $1,921 per credit hour 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 | $57,642 | $57,642 |
Fees | $1,656 | $1,656 |
Books and Supplies | $1,800 | $1,800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,004 | $17,004 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,175 | $2,175 |
Learn more about UChicago tuition and fees.
UChicago does not offer an online option for its classical languages bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UChicago Online Learning page.
About 37.5% of the students who received their BA in classical languages in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 58.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 12.5% of the classical languages bachelor’s degrees at UChicago in 2019-2020. This is lower 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 | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 3 |
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 | 8 |
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 | 28 |
East Asian Languages | 13 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 13 |
Germanic Languages | 6 |
South Asian Languages | 3 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.