2024 Best Portuguese Schools in the New England Region

Portuguese degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1010 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for portuguese students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 22 degrees in portuguese to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Portuguese Schools List

Pick Your Portuguese Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Portuguese Schools in the New England Region 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 Portuguese in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the portuguese degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Portuguese

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a degree in portuguese. Brown is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence.More information about a degree in portuguese from Brown University

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45.5% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you wish to pursue a degree in portuguese. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst.More information about a degree in portuguese from University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Portuguese Colleges by State

Explore the best portuguese colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	17
Rhode Island	436	5
New Hampshire	395	0

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Portuguese Related Rankings by Major

Portuguese is one of 8 different types of Romance Languages programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Portuguese

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature	550
French Language & Literature	211
Italian Language & Literature	61
General Romance Languages	58
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	1
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	1

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro.

More about our data sources and methodologies.