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Best Colleges for Romance Languages, by Earnings

722 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages, about 9,376 degrees a year. Across the 212 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $56,189 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Vanderbilt University	TN	$114,368	53	5.9%
2	Villanova University	PA	$94,964	29	27%
3	Southern Methodist University	TX	$93,769	32	63.3%
4	Cornell University	NY	$89,275	18	8.8%
5	George Washington University	DC	$88,114	19	47.1%
6	University of Notre Dame	IN	$85,619	74	11.3%
7	Syracuse University	NY	$84,654	24	45.9%
8	Fordham University	NY	$83,961	22	59.3%
9	Colgate University	NY	$81,802	16	13.9%
10	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$79,925	28	14%
11	Providence College	RI	$76,956	14	50.9%
12	Bucknell University	PA	$76,364	32	28.9%
13	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$76,301	35	17.6%
14	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$75,715	58	11%
15	Marist University	NY	$73,868	11	56.5%
16	Emory University	GA	$72,399	16	10.7%
17	Occidental College	CA	$71,779	7	44.2%
18	Elon University	NC	$71,121	13	66.4%
19	Tufts University	MA	$70,767	41	11.5%
20	Clemson University	SC	$70,584	41	38.3%
21	Georgetown University	DC	$70,025	18	12.9%
22	Rockhurst University	MO	$69,747	17	69.6%
23	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$69,353	6	75.5%
24	Drew University	NJ	$69,293	8	67.8%
25	Auburn University	AL	$68,939	26	45.9%
26	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$68,496	60	33%
27	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$68,077	22	75.2%
28	University of Virginia	VA	$67,904	105	16.8%
29	University of Rhode Island	RI	$67,384	62	72.2%
30	University of Redlands	CA	$67,126	25	82.7%
31	Binghamton University	NY	$66,841	31	38.6%
32	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$66,519	17	58.1%
33	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$66,519	3	66.3%
34	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$66,519	2	71.4%
35	University at Albany	NY	$66,414	18	69.1%
36	University of Florida	FL	$65,765	36	24.2%
37	Western Washington University	WA	$65,380	40	93.3%
38	Wellesley College	MA	$65,036	18	14.1%
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$64,570	67	15.3%
40	University of Utah	UT	$64,568	22	86%
41	University of Michigan	MI	$64,426	91	15.6%
42	University of Delaware	DE	$64,350	19	70.6%
43	CUNY Queens College	NY	$64,185	31	64.4%
44	University of Georgia	GA	$63,942	65	37.7%
45	University of Connecticut	CT	$63,733	30	52.4%
46	Brigham Young University	UT	$63,189	125	67.8%
47	DePauw University	IN	$62,917	8	57.2%
48	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$62,831	64	60.6%
49	San Francisco State University	CA	$62,623	14	96.4%
50	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$62,404	6	75%
51	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$62,024	11	45.1%
52	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$62,016	22	61%
53	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	$61,972	13	80.6%
54	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$61,801	54	42.4%
55	Indiana University	IN	$61,757	62	78.2%
56	Iowa State University	IA	$61,697	47	88.7%
57	University of the Pacific	CA	$61,487	4	71.3%
58	University of Wyoming	WY	$61,364	15	96.9%
59	University of Denver	CO	$61,241	26	77.8%
60	Wofford College	SC	$61,200	40	51.9%
61	Wake Forest University	NC	$60,875	25	21.7%
62	University of California-Davis	CA	$60,797	94	41.8%
63	Temple University	PA	$60,672	11	80.4%
64	Clark University	MA	$60,649	17	39.5%
65	University of North Dakota	ND	$60,352	14	76.9%
66	Dominican University	IL	$60,311	11	90.3%
67	Furman University	SC	$60,280	27	43%
68	Amherst College	MA	$60,212	30	9%
69	College of William & Mary	VA	$60,177	32	34.1%
70	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$60,001	25	87.5%
71	Saint Michael's College	VT	$59,914	7	84.5%
72	The University of the South	TN	$59,821	11	56.9%
73	Michigan State University	MI	$59,315	34	84.8%
74	University at Buffalo	NY	$59,216	23	74.2%
75	University of Maryland	MD	$59,193	48	44.8%
76	Salisbury University	MD	$59,193	8	87.5%
77	University of Southern California	CA	$59,088	33	9.8%
78	Dickinson College	PA	$59,045	10	42.1%
79	Harding University	AR	$58,843	3	70.5%
80	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$58,750	33	75.4%
81	University of Washington	WA	$58,705	35	39.1%
82	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$58,705	3	82.5%
83	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$58,697	39	26.6%
84	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$58,565	157	45.2%
85	Susquehanna University	PA	$58,349	22	81.4%
86	Smith College	MA	$58,304	32	21%
87	Westfield State University	MA	$58,290	3	81.4%
88	Ohio State University	OH	$58,235	82	60.6%
89	Mercer University	GA	$58,127	40	68.9%
90	Utah State University	UT	$57,992	12	92.5%
91	South Dakota State University	SD	$57,986	18	98.3%
92	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$57,886	20	88.8%
93	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$57,594	22	77.3%
94	University of New Hampshire	NH	$57,523	16	88.2%
95	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$57,143	24	56.6%
96	University of Oregon	OR	$57,106	69	88.3%
97	Seattle University	WA	$57,093	8	76.9%
98	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$57,004	22	89.6%
99	Saint Louis University	MO	$56,943	27	75%
100	Whitworth University	WA	$56,795	9	89.8%

Showing the top 100 of 212 colleges that report earnings. 510 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Romance Languages graduates?

Vanderbilt University ($114,368), Villanova University ($94,964), Southern Methodist University ($93,769), Cornell University ($89,275), George Washington University ($88,114) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Romance Languages majors make?

The median across 212 colleges is $56,189 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $24,533 to $114,368.

Which colleges have the biggest Romance Languages programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of Wisconsin-Madison (157), Brigham Young University (125), University of Arizona (115), University of Virginia (105), University of California-Davis (94).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.