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University of California - Berkeley BA in Romance Languages

80 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$34,704 Average Salary
$12,048 Average Student Debt

Romance Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of California - Berkeley. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in romance languages, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the UC Berkeley BA in Romance Languages

#35 in the U.S
#3 in California

Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UC Berkeley is in the top 10% of the country for romance languages. More specifically it was ranked #35 out of 342 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #3 in California.

Here are some of the other rankings for UC Berkeley.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 8
Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Schools 15
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (With Aid) 16
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Romance Languages Graduates 17
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 19
Most Popular Colleges for Romance Languages 19
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $48-$75k) 20
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $30-$48k) 20
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $0-$30k) 20
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 20
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $75-$110k) 21
Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools 24
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $48-$75k) 26
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $0-$30k) 29
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $30-$48k) 30
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $48-$75k) 32
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 33
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $48-$75k) 33
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools 34
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $0-$30k) 34
Best Romance Languages Schools 35
Best Romance Languages Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 35
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $0-$30k) 36
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income Over $110k) 36
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $30-$48k) 39
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $30-$48k) 40
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Romance Languages Graduates 41
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $75-$110k) 46
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $75-$110k) 55
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (With Aid) 58
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (With Aid) 58
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (Income $75-$110k) 61
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (With Aid) 64
Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 74
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 98
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income Over $110k) 103
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 119
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Romance Languages Graduates 136
Highest Paid Romance Languages Graduates 141
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 143
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages (Income Over $110k) 184
Best Romance Languages Colleges for Veterans 189
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 189
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages (Income Over $110k) 195
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 252
Best Value Colleges for Romance Languages 256
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Romance Languages 389
Most Focused Colleges for Romance Languages 389

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Romance Languages from UC Berkeley Cost?

$14,312 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$12,048 Average Student Debt

UC Berkeley Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $11,442 $41,196
Fees $2,870 $2,870
Books and Supplies $1,091 $1,091
On Campus Room and Board $20,530 $20,530
On Campus Other Expenses $5,595 $5,595

Learn more about UC Berkeley tuition and fees.

UC Berkeley Romance Languages BA Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley in Romance Languages walked away with an average of $12,048 in student debt. That is 45% lower than the national average of $21,936.

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How Much Can You Make With a BA in Romance Languages From UC Berkeley?

$34,704 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of romance languages students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley is $34,704 per year. That is 15% higher than the national average of $30,282.

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Does UC Berkeley Offer an Online BA in Romance Languages?

Online degrees for the UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley Online Learning page.

UC Berkeley Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Romance Languages

80 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
73.8% Women
50.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 80 bachelor’s degrees in romance languages handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 73.8% of the students who received their BA in romance languages in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 75.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 50.0% of romance languages bachelor’s degree recipients at UC Berkeley in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 34
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 24
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

BA in Romance Languages Focus Areas at UC Berkeley

Romance Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
French Language & Literature 24
Italian Language & Literature 2
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 54

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to romance languages.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 81
East Asian Languages 22
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 7
Germanic Languages 18
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 10

View All Romance Languages Related Majors >

References

*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.

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