by our College Data Analytics TeamGermanic Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at St Olaf College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in German, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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. The bachelor's program at St. Olaf was ranked #63 on College Factual's Best Schools for German list. It is also ranked #4 in Minnesota.
Here are some of the other rankings for St. Olaf.
Part-time undergraduates at St. Olaf paid an average of $1,610 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $51,450 | $51,450 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $11,660 | $11,660 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $900 | $900 |
Learn more about St. Olaf tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the St. Olaf German bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the St. Olaf Online Learning page.
Women made up around 54.5% of the German students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 55.2%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at St. Olaf in German at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Germanic Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| German Language & Literature | 4 |
| Norwegian Language & Literature | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to Germanic languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| East Asian Languages | 19 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 3 |
| Romance Languages | 34 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 3 |
*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.
