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2025 Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Schools

6 Colleges in the United States
598 Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Degrees Awarded
$48,355 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in middle eastern semitic languages, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #274 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 598 degrees in middle eastern semitic languages annually.

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Choosing a Great Middle Eastern Semitic Languages School

Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Schools Your choice of middle eastern semitic languages school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Middle Eastern Semitic Languages School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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.

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
Master's Degrees in Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
Doctor's Degrees in Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

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Best Schools for Middle Eastern Semitic Languages in the United States

The schools below may not offer all types of middle eastern semitic languages degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Schools in Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
32 Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Degrees Awarded

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good option for students pursuing a degree in middle eastern semitic languages. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were roughly 32 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN

Indiana University - Bloomington is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in middle eastern semitic languages. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.

There were approximately 26 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in middle eastern semitic 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 12 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In AZ
20.0% Growth in Graduates

University of Arizona is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in middle eastern semitic languages. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.

There were about 10 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
37 Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Degrees Awarded
2.7% Growth in Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 37 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the middle eastern semitic languages program earn around $48,355 in the first couple years of their career.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MI
66.7% Growth in Graduates

Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were approximately 6 middle eastern semitic languages students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

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Middle Eastern Semitic Languages by Region

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One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Middle Eastern Semitic Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Arabic Language & Literature 362
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other 107
Ancient Near Eastern & Biblical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 60
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General 46
Hebrew Language & Literature 23

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Majors Similar to Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 13,644
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 8,146
American Sign Language 2,671
East Asian Languages 2,319
Classical Languages & Literature 1,407
Germanic Languages 1,105
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 518
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 489
Second Language Learning 234
Native American Languages 48

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