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2024 Best Romance Languages Schools in the New England Region

18 Colleges in the New England Region
904 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
$33,966 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in romance languages, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #65 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 18 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of romance languages. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 904 degrees in romance languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Romance Languages School

Best Romance Languages Schools in the New England Region The romance languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Romance Languages rankings. For our Best Overall Romance Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Romance Languages Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Romance Languages
Master's Degrees in Romance Languages
Doctor's Degrees in Romance Languages

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Romance Languages Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college 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 Romance Languages 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 romance languages degree levels they offer.

10 Top New England Region Schools in Romance Languages

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
52 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
$38,566 Median Starting Salary

Tufts University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in romance languages. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

There were roughly 52 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the romance languages program at Tufts University get $4,600 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In RI
30.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in romance languages has to take a look at Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.

There were roughly 13 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
95 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
25.3% Growth in Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in romance languages. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.

There were approximately 95 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the romance languages program state that they receive average early career wages of $34,701.

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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
68 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
$43,235 Median Starting Salary

Middlebury College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in romance languages. Located in the town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Middlebury is a great college overall.

There were about 68 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Middlebury in the most recent data year. Those romance languages students who get their degree from Middlebury College make $9,268 more than the standard romance languages student.

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Colby College
Waterville, ME
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$44,612 Median Starting Salary
$18,940 Median Student Debt

Located in the remote town of Waterville, Colby is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Colby is a great college overall.

There were approximately 22 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent year we have data available. Those romance languages students who get their degree from Colby College earn $10,646 more than the average romance languages student.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
83 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
3.6% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were approximately 83 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Romance Languages degree recipients from University of Rhode Island get an earnings boost of around $5,867 over the typical earnings of romance languages majors.

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Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$37,002 Median Starting Salary
$10,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Wellesley, Wellesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wellesley is a great college overall.

There were about 26 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Wellesley in the most recent year we have data available. Romance Languages degree recipients from Wellesley College receive an earnings boost of around $3,036 over the typical earnings of romance languages majors.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
33 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
$26,365 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.

There were about 33 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the romance languages program earn around $26,365 in the first couple years of their career.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$31,093 Median Starting Salary
$26,754 Median Student Debt

Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were approximately 18 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, romance languages degree recipients typically earn an average of $31,093 in their early careers.

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Providence College
Providence, RI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$37,668 Median Starting Salary
$27,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.

There were roughly 16 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available. Romance Languages degree recipients from Providence College get an earnings boost of around $3,702 above the average earnings of romance languages majors.

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Best Romance Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best romance languages schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 448
Connecticut 241 144
New Hampshire 210 48
Maine 202 34
Rhode Island 200 128
Vermont 194 100

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One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Romance Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Romance Languages Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature 550
French Language & Literature 211
Italian Language & Literature 61
General Romance Languages 58
Portuguese 22
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 1
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 1

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 566
Classical Languages & Literature 184
East Asian Languages 161
Germanic Languages 123
American Sign Language 63
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 45
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 7
Celtic Language & Literature 3
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 3
Greek Language & Literature 1

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