UW-MADISON RANKED #2 FOR BACHELOR’S DEGREES AWARDED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

11 May 2019

A report from the Chronicle of Higher Education ranked the University of Wisconsin–Madison as #2 in the U.S. for awarding bachelor’s degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics.

According to the report, which examined bachelor’s degrees awarded in the 2016–2017 academic year, UW–Madison had 344 students who received degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics, placing the university as #2 among all private and public universities in the U.S. The university also ranked high in several individual categories. UW–Madison ranked #1 for the most bachelor’s degrees conferred nationwide to Spanish majors. UW–Madison was ranked #2 for French and #3 for Chinese and Russian. The report noted Spanish as the most popular languages major, followed by French.

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