The main focus area for this major is German Language & Literature. 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 Vanderbilt University. 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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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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for German majors, Vanderbilt came in at #9. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Tennessee.
Here are some of the other rankings for Vanderbilt.
Part-time undergraduates at Vanderbilt paid an average of $2,199 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 | $52,781 | $52,781 |
Fees | $1,377 | $1,377 |
Books and Supplies | $1,194 | $1,194 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,670 | $17,670 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,022 | $3,022 |
Learn more about Vanderbilt tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in German in 2019-2020, 83.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 55.2%.
None of the German bachelor’s degree recipients at Vanderbilt 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 | 3 |
International Students | 2 |
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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German Language & Literature | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to Germanic languages.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 6 |
Romance Languages | 63 |
*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.