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2023 Best Romance Languages Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Romance Languages Master's Degree School for You

Romance Languages is the #122 most popular major in the country with 1,304 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Romance Languages Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 108 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for romance languages majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 15% Best Romance Languages Master's Degree Schools

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Our analysis found University of Notre Dame to be the best school for romance languages students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best romance languages schools in the United States. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for romance languages students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #7 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best schools for romance languages students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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#9

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree romance languages programs. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#10

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #11 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for romance languages students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #15 on this year’s Best Romance Languages Master’s Degree Schools list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#16

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for romance languages students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Romance Languages students that almost earned our Best Romance Languages Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
17 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX
18 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
19 University of Delaware Newark, DE
20 University of Nevada - Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
21 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE

Romance Languages by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 16 majors within the area of study, romance languages has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 1,748
Classical Languages & Literature 303
East Asian Languages 209
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 160
Germanic Languages 149

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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