2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in California

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in romance languages, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for romance languages students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 28 doctor's degrees in romance languages to qualified students.

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

The romance languages doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Romance Languages in California ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for romance languages, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for romance languages.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Romance Languages in California

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Romance Languages Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

11 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in romance languages has to check out University of California - Berkeley. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in romance languages in California.

There were approximately 11 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in romance languages needs to check out University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in romance languages in California.

There were about 7 romance languages individuals who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of California - Davis

3

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in romance languages. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in romance languages in California.

There were about 5 romance languages individuals who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

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University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in romance languages needs to take a look at University of California - Riverside. UCR is a fairly large public university located in the city of Riverside. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in romance languages in California.

There were roughly 3 romance languages students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of California - Riverside

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University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in romance languages in California.

There were roughly 2 romance languages individuals who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of California - Irvine

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

UCSB is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. More information about a doctorate in romance languages from University of California - Santa Barbara

6

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

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

6

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

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

Best Romance Languages Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Romance Languages Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	115	2
Oregon	102	3

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Romance Languages Related Rankings by Major

One of 17 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Romance Languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Romance Languages Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Spanish Language & Literature	11
French Language & Literature	7
Italian Language & Literature	4
General Hispanic & Latin American Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	4
General Romance Languages	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Romance Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	67
East Asian Languages	20
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	12
Classical Languages & Literature	7
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	6
Germanic Languages	4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	3

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.