2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in the Southeast Region

Germanic Languages is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #128 out of the 295 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of Germanic languages. Combined, these schools handed out 12 doctor's degrees in Germanic languages to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Germanic Languages School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in German matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Germanic Languages in the Southeast Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality Germanic languages program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for Germanic languages.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Germanic Languages in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in Germanic languages.

Most Well Attended Schools for German Students Working on Their Doctorate

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NC

#2 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in Germanic languages in North Carolina.

There were approximately 5 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Duke University
Durham, NC

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NC

#1 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Duke University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in Germanic languages in North Carolina.

There were approximately 5 Germanic languages individuals who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from Duke University

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TN

#1 Best Quality In TN

Vanderbilt University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in Germanic languages in Tennessee.

There were about 2 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from Vanderbilt University

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

#1 Most Popular In FL

University of Florida is a popular choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville. More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from University of Florida

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

#1 Most Popular In VA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Virginia - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in Germanic languages. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in Germanic languages from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Germanic Languages Colleges by State

Explore the most popular Germanic languages colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	0
Virginia	126	0
North Carolina	113	3
Tennessee	98	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to German

One of 17 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Germanic Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

German Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
German Language & Literature	12

Majors Similar to German

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	62
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	38
Classical Languages & Literature	9
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	3

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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