The main focus area for this major is General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Classical Languages & Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Georgetown University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in classical languages, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for classical languages majors, Georgetown came in at #6. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in District of Columbia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Georgetown.
Part-time undergraduates at Georgetown paid an average of $2,391 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,384 | $57,384 |
Fees | $544 | $544 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,032 | $17,032 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,594 | $2,594 |
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Georgetown does not offer an online option for its classical languages bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Georgetown Online Learning page.
About 66.7% of the students who received their BA in classical languages in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 58.6%.
None of the classical languages bachelor’s degree recipients at Georgetown in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 12 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Classical Languages & Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to classical languages and literature.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 26 |
East Asian Languages | 5 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 9 |
Germanic Languages | 3 |
Romance Languages | 38 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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