Highest-Paying Foreign Languages Programs
Colleges whose foreign languages graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 394 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#3
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
#5
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
#11
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
- 1Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA · Private$64,493Compare nearby
- 2Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA · Private$57,318Compare nearby
- 3Trinity CollegeHartford, CT · Private$53,629Compare nearby
- 4Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · Private$53,358Compare nearby
- 5Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private$52,107Compare nearby
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- 6University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI · Public$51,488Compare nearby
- 7The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · Private$50,439Compare nearby
- 8University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · Public$50,055Compare nearby
- 9Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA · Private$49,058Compare nearby
- 10National UniversitySan Diego, CA · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 11Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 12Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, TX · Public$46,478Compare nearby
- 13Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · Private$45,500Compare nearby
- 14Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX · Private$45,138Compare nearby
- 15University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN · Private$44,971Compare nearby
- 16Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private$44,892Compare nearby
- 17Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY · Private$44,796Compare nearby
- 18Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA · Private$44,189Compare nearby
- 19Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · Private$44,170Compare nearby
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- 24Butler UniversityIndianapolis, IN · Private$42,682Compare nearby
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How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several foreign languages programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 394 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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