2024 Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools
95Colleges in the United States
1,428Classical Languages Degrees Awarded
$26,386Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, classical languages & literature sits in the middle of the road, ranking #212 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 95 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for classical languages & literature students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,428 degrees in classical languages & literature to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Classical Languages & Literature School
The classical languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Classical Languages & Literature rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for classical languages & literature schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Classical Languages & Literature Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Classical Languages & Literature in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the classical languages degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student pursuing a degree in classical languages & literature needs to look into Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 44 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Notre Dame is a great option for students pursuing a degree in classical languages & literature. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in classical languages & literature has to look into Brown University. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in classical languages & literature. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. This university ranks 4th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 10 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 4th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 8 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.
Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winston-Salem. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 5 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 27 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the classical languages program earn around $27,038 in the first couple years of working.
University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 19 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 18 classical languages & literature students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Here are some additional great schools for Classical Languages & Literature students that almost earned our Best Classical Languages & Literature Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The classical languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Classical Languages & Literature rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for classical languages & literature schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
