A degree in modern languages is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #234 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Modern Languages Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 279 degrees in modern languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for modern languages 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Modern Languages Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 modern languages degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Riverside if you wish to pursue a degree in modern languages. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 6 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in modern languages has to look into Occidental College. Oxy is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Oxy is a great college overall.
There were approximately 4 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Oxy in the most recent data year.
California State University - Northridge is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in modern languages. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 49th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 2 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at CSUN in the most recent year we have data available.
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 modern languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Modern Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for modern languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
