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2021 Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

124 Colleges
10,024 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,535 Avg Cost*

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Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsRomance Languages is the #44th most popular major in the country with 10,024 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>.

This year's Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 124 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in romance languages. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great romance languages programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the romance languages program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Romance Languages Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 15% Best Romance Languages Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional romance languages students. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston College, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 6,590 students at Boston College that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,916 part time students in attendance at Boston College.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages ranking.

The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville. University of Virginia also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages rankings.

About 0.5% of University of Virginia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,175 students at University of Virginia that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,758 part time students in attendance at University of Virginia.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Vanderbilt University. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 821 students at Vanderbilt that take at least one class online. 1,196 of Vanderbilt students are attending part time.

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Brigham Young University - Provo comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. BYU also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list. It's in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. There are roughly 4,504 part time students in attendance at BYU.

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Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UMass Amherst is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Romance Languages ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. About 13,655 of the students at UMN Twin Cities are attending part time.

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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington. IU Bloomington excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. About 5,256 of the students at IU Bloomington are attending part time.

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Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the city of University Park. Penn State University Park excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. Columbia also made our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list, coming in at #5.

About 0.9% of Columbia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,172 students at Columbia that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,854 part time students in attendance at Columbia.

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University of Portland earned the #11 spot in our 2021 rankings. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, University of Portland also did well on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list. It's in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

The student loan default rate at University of Portland is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,523 students at University of Portland that take at least one class online. About 420 of the students at University of Portland are attending part time.

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University of Arizona landed the #12 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earned the #13 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, U-M is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. 3,568 of U-M students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at Austin as the #14 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population. UT Austin excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. About 3,479 of the students at UT Austin are attending part time.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comes in at #15 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UIUC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.

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University of Rhode Island earned the #16 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 5,504 students at URI that take at least one class online. About 2,982 of the students at URI are attending part time.

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Emory University landed the #17 spot in our 2021 best romance languages schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Emory also did well on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

The student loan default rate at Emory is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,651 students at Emory that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,395 part time students in attendance at Emory.

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University of California - Berkeley comes in at #18 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population. UC Berkeley excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,099 part time students in attendance at UC Berkeley.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for non-traditional students studying Romance Languages that almost earned our Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students award.

Rank College Location
19 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
20 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
21 University of Maryland - College Park College Park, MD
22 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
23 University of California - Davis Davis, CA
24 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX

Romance Languages by Region

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Region
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Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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