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2024 Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools

50 Colleges in the United States
301 Doctor's Degrees
Romance Languages is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #67 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 50 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 301 doctor's degrees in romance languages to qualified students.

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

Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools The romance languages doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for romance languages students working on their doctor's degree.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Romance Languages in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for romance languages students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Romance Languages

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2 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in romance languages. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of Notre Dame

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10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in romance languages. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Columbia University in the City of New York

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8 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in romance languages. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in romance languages. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Vanderbilt University

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Duke University
Durham, NC
5 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Duke University

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Georgetown University
Washington, DC
4 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Georgetown University

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3 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of Wisconsin - Madison

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7 Annual Graduates

UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of California - Berkeley

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4 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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New York University
New York, NY
6 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from New York University

Romance Languages by Region

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

Romance Languages Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature 141
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 48
French Language & Literature 39
General Romance Languages 33
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics 19
Italian Language & Literature 14
Portuguese 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 427
Classical Languages & Literature 67
East Asian Languages 57
Germanic Languages 55
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 51
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 20
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 13
South Asian Languages 3
American Sign Language 3
African Languages 1

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