Modern Languages is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #234 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for modern languages students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 degrees in modern languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of modern languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Modern Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
The modern languages school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Modern Languages Schools in New York.
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The schools below may not offer all types of modern languages degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in modern languages has to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in modern languages. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Syracuse University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in modern languages. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 4 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
Rochester Institute of Technology is a great decision for students interested in a degree in modern languages. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. This school ranks 22nd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 5 modern languages students who graduated with this degree at RIT 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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Your choice of modern languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Modern Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
