Romance Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Portland State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in romance languages, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Portland State University was ranked #305 on College Factual's Best Schools for romance languages list. It is also ranked #8 in Oregon.
Here are some of the other rankings for Portland State University.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Portland State University was $608 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $188 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,907 | $25,536 |
Fees | $1,641 | $1,641 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,500 | $13,500 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,210 | $3,210 |
Learn more about Portland State University tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Romance Languages students who received their bachelor’s degree at Portland State University took out an average of $34,500 in student loans. That is 57% higher than the national average of $21,936.
romance languages who receive their bachelor’s degree from Portland State University make an average of $32,925 a year during the early days of their career. That is 9% higher than the national average of $30,282.
Online degrees for the Portland State University romance languages bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Portland State University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.3% of the romance languages students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.6%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in romance languages at Portland State University in 2019-2020, 45.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 23 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Romance Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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French Language & Literature | 7 |
Spanish Language & Literature | 35 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to romance languages.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 30 |
East Asian Languages | 18 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 6 |
Germanic Languages | 6 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 2 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.