by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 15,009 people earned their degree in romance languages, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, romance languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,474 and had an average of $22,151 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,299 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,647 and $22,094 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 175 romance languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 36 colleges that offered a degree in romance languages. To top this list, a school must have a successful romance languages program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree romance languages students.
Out of the 36 schools in the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 36 schools in the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 8 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Georgia State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 8 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. UNC Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 7 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
The University of Alabama came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Memphis did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
East Carolina University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s romance languages students in 2020-2021.
University of Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 6 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
With a ranking of #9, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, Duke University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s romance languages students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #14. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Vanderbilt University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #17. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s romance languages degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of Kentucky did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #17. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Florida International University ranked #17 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 4 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Florida International University Romance Languages Report
Appalachian State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Appalachian State is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Louisville came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. UofL is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 3 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 3 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Romance Languages Report
University of Central Arkansas did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s romance languages students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Central Arkansas Romance Languages Report
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #24 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 2 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #24 on this year’s Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 2 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
West Virginia University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s romance languages degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Romance Languages Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s ranking. UL Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 2 masters’s romance languages degrees in 2020-2021.
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