The main focus area for this major is Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Germanic Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in German, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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. UW - Madison was ranked #23 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for German majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in Wisconsin.
Here are some of the other rankings for UW - Madison.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UW - Madison paid an average of $1,548 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $386 per credit hour. 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 | $9,273 | $37,161 |
Fees | $1,469 | $1,469 |
Books and Supplies | $1,150 | $1,150 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,200 | $12,200 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,066 | $3,066 |
Learn more about UW - Madison tuition and fees.
UW - Madison does not offer an online option for its German bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UW - Madison Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in German in 2019-2020, 55.6% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 55.2%.
Around 16.7% of German bachelor’s degree recipients at UW - Madison in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Germanic Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 18 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to Germanic languages.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 21 |
African Languages | 2 |
East Asian Languages | 27 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 11 |
Romance Languages | 189 |
View All Germanic Languages Related Majors >
*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.