2025 Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in romance languages is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of romance languages. Combined, these schools handed out 113 doctor's degrees in romance languages to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to romance languages students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of romance languages students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt romance languages students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized romance languages related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The romance languages school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Romance Languages Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Romance Languages in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in romance languages.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Romance Languages

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

13 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in romance languages. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Columbia University in the City of New York

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

10 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in romance languages. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in romance languages from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Romance Languages Colleges by State

Explore the best romance languages schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	19
New York	174	45
Maryland	119	10
New Jersey	115	9
District of Columbia	81	5

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Romance Languages Related Rankings by Major

Romance Languages is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Romance Languages Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature	53
French Language & Literature	19
General Romance Languages	13
Other Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	10
Italian Language & Literature	9
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	9

Majors Similar to Romance Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	100
Classical Languages & Literature	34
East Asian Languages	11
Germanic Languages	11
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	9
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	5
American Sign Language	2
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	2

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Susana Freixeiro. More about our data sources and methodologies.