2023 Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California

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General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 748th most popular major in the country with 445 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 65 general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics. To top this list, a school must have a successful general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california general hispanic & latin american languages, literatures, & linguistics students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in California

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in California

$60,587 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,272 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 55 ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of California - Berkeley General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Report

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University of California - Merced
Merced, California

$35,422 Average Early-Career Earnings

$18,285 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Merced. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California list. Merced, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, California

$46,449 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,476 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California

#9 overall quality in California

$50,251 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,574 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 0 ’s general Hispanic and Latin American languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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