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2025 Best General Romance Languages Schools

11 Colleges in the United States
270 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded
General Romance Languages is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #700 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. 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 11 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general romance languages students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 270 degrees in general romance languages annually.

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Choosing a Great General Romance Languages School

Best General Romance Languages Schools The romance languages program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Romance Languages rankings. For our Best Overall General Romance Languages School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Romance Languages
Master's Degrees in Romance Languages
Doctor's Degrees in Romance Languages

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Romance Languages Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Romance Languages in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the romance languages degree levels they offer.

10 Top Schools in Romance Languages

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN
50.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Notre Dame if you want to pursue a degree in general romance languages. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.

There were approximately 2 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TN

It's difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a degree in general romance languages. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were about 4 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.

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

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general romance languages. U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were roughly 5 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.

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

University of Oregon is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general romance languages. UO is a very large public university located in the city of Eugene. This university ranks 1st out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.

There were roughly 10 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available.

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In GA

Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.

There were approximately 7 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In GA
9.5% Growth in Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.

There were about 21 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.

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Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA

Mt. Holyoke is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of South Hadley. This college ranks 36th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 1 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Mt. Holyoke in the most recent data year.

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IA
35 Romance Languages Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.

There were approximately 35 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.

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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 4 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA

Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 29th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 3 general romance languages students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.

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General Romance Languages by Region

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General Romance Languages is one of 8 different types of Romance Languages programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature 10,044
French Language & Literature 2,156
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 602
Italian Language & Literature 332
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 163
Portuguese 77

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