2025 Best Germanic Languages Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
299German Degrees Awarded
$45,506Avg Early-Career Salary
Germanic Languages isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #222 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for germanic languages students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 299 degrees in germanic languages annually.
Your choice of germanic languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Germanic Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Germanic Languages Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Germanic Languages in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of german degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in germanic languages. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison. This university ranks 1st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 47 germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a good choice for students interested in a degree in germanic languages. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 39 germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, german degree recipients generally earn about $41,286 in the first five years of their career.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in germanic languages. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 12 germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
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Your choice of germanic languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Germanic Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
