2023 Best Germanic Languages Schools
131
Colleges in the United States
1,425
German Degrees Awarded
$55,443
Avg 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.
College Factual reviewed 131 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of Germanic languages. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,425 degrees in Germanic languages during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Germanic Languages School
The German program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Germanic Languages rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for Germanic languages schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Pick Your Germanic Languages Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Germanic Languages Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Germanic Languages in the United States
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
19 Top Schools in German
Duke University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in Germanic languages. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in Germanic languages. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IN
Any student pursuing a degree in Germanic languages needs to look into University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In TN
Any student pursuing a degree in Germanic languages needs to take a look at Vanderbilt University. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In CA
Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In DC
Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In CA
UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 5 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
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UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs. This university ranks 4th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 20 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Those Germanic languages students who get their degree from University of Connecticut make $14,427 more than the average German graduate.
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UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. This university ranks 1st out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 22 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In WI
79
German Degrees Awarded
UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 79 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
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Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Lewisburg. This university ranks 6th out of 117 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 3 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent data year.
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Colby is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Waterville. This college ranks 3rd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 5 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In VA
Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, German degree recipients usually make around $21,743 at the beginning of their careers.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In NC
Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 6 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent data year.
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Located in the distant town of Hamilton, Colgate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 4th out of 143 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 3 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Colgate in the most recent data year.
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Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Vassar is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 12th out of 143 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 4 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent data year.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IL
UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 Germanic languages students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
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Honorable Mentions
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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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