2022 Best Germanic Languages Schools
In 2022, College Factual analyzed 171 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Germanic Languages Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,415 degrees in Germanic languages to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Germanic Languages School
The German program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Germanic Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for Germanic languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Germanic Languages Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Germanic Languages Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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Best Schools for Germanic Languages in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of German degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
25 Top Schools in German
Every student pursuing a degree in Germanic languages needs to check out Washington and Lee University. Washington and Lee is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lexington. This university ranks 2nd out of 73 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 10 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Washington and Lee in the most recent data year.
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Every student who is interested in Germanic languages needs to look into University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Schools rank of #15 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
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Any student pursuing a degree in Germanic languages has to take a look at Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #14 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 8 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
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Duke University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in Germanic languages. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. A Best Schools rank of #9 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
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Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Schools rank of #22 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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Georgetown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Schools rank of #18 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 7 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large suburb of Amherst, Amherst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #29 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Amherst is a great college overall.
There were roughly 3 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Amherst in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Trinity Bantams in the most recent data year.
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Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Schools rank of #37 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 8 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
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UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Storrs. This university ranks 6th out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 22 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
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UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Schools rank of #7 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large suburb of Easton, Lafayette is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 134 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
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Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Middlebury. This college ranks 1st out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were about 9 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Middlebury in the most recent data year.
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Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lewisburg. This university ranks 5th out of 134 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 1 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
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Colby is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Waterville. This college ranks 2nd out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 2 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Gettysburg, Gettysburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 9th out of 134 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Gettysburg in the most recent year we have data available.
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UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Schools rank of #46 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 8 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the distant town of Hamilton, Colgate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #30 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means Colgate is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Colgate in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 113 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 8 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.
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CSB is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized suburb of Saint Joseph. This college ranks 3rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 3 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at CSB in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #26 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #41 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
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UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. This university ranks 1st out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 54 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
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NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. This university ranks 7th out of 160 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 9 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
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URI is a large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 7th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 36 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available. Germanic Languages degree recipients from University of Rhode Island earn a boost of about $14,300 over the average earnings of Germanic languages graduates.
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Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great schools for Germanic Languages students that almost earned our Best Germanic Languages Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
27 | College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA |
28 | George Washington University | Washington, DC |
29 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI |
30 | Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA |
31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX |
32 | University of Maryland - College Park | College Park, MD |
33 | Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT |
34 | Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA |
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Rankings in Majors Related to German
Germanic Languages is one of 17 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.
German Focus Areas
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Most Popular Majors Related to German
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Romance Languages | 15,905 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 8,685 |
American Sign Language | 2,737 |
East Asian Languages | 2,219 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 1,446 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 619 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 591 |
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) | 504 |
Second Language Learning | 63 |
Native American Languages | 43 |
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Notes and References
- 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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