Best schools for foreign languages

College Search & Selection
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<p>Besides Georgetown and Dartmouth, what other schools have varied foreign langague programs?</p>

2

<p>middlebury has really good language programs</p>

3

<p>Wisconsin..........More are taught than any other school.</p>

4

<p>im not going to give a list of great language schools, but i have advice on what to look for in judging quality of language departments (i applied to schools as a language major) besides looking at number of languages taught, also make note of the variety of study abroad opportunities, the requirements for majoring in a particular language, and the course selections.</p>

5

<p>Middlebury*****</p>

6

<p>Middlebury and Dartmouth, where the Rassias method was developed.</p>

7

<p>This is a great post by Alexandre from an earlier thread:</p>

<p>According to the Gourman Report (not 100% reliable)...</p>

<p>ARABIC:
Harvard University
New York University
Princeton University
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>CHINESE:
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>FRENCH:
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Indiana University-Bloomington
New York University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>GERMAN:
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>GREEK:
Brown University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
University of California-Berkeley
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>HEBREW:
Brandeis University
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
New York University
Princeton University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>ITALIAN:
Brown University
Columbia University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>JAPANESE:
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>LATIN:
Columbia University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Yale University</p>

<p>POTUGUESE:
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Stanford University
Tulane University
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>RUSSIAN:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
New York University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>SCANDINAVIAN:
Harvard University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>SLAVIC LANGUAGES:
Brown University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
New York University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>SPANISH:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

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<p>Middlebury definitely. Pomona has one of the best east asian language programs.</p>

9

<p>Dickinson College in PA:</p>

<p>Dickinson College is one of the most prolific colleges in the world in the development of off-campus study programs. More than 60 Dickinson faculty members have directed study abroad programs, and Dickinson now sponsors more than 40 programs on six continents in 24 countries. These options include academic year programs, semester programs, summer programs, Globally Integrated courses that include a January international field experience, and specialized programs which combine domestic study with international study, such as the Mosaic Program.</p>

<p>Dickinson ranked eighth among baccalaureate institutions in the total number of students who study abroad and 11th for its study abroad participation rate of 81.8 percent. Among all U.S. higher education institutions, including colleges and universities, Dickinson ranked 13th, and it ranked first among all of Pennsylvania’s higher education institutions. </p>

<p>Dickinson offers instruction in 12 foreign languages, operates 13 study centers abroad, and graduates proportionately more foreign language majors than any other college or university in the United States.</p>

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<p>Kalamazoo in Michigan belongs on the list. It is a LAC, and by graduation over 80% of its students have studied abroad.</p>

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<p>What about Hindi? </p>

<p>That should be on a list somewhere</p>

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<p>Wisconsin, of course.</p>

<p><a href="http://languageinstitute.wisc.edu/content/uw_students/2005_PDFs/2005%20-%20Hindi.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://languageinstitute.wisc.edu/content/uw_students/2005_PDFs/2005%20-%20Hindi.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://lca.wisc.edu/aboutlca/regions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://lca.wisc.edu/aboutlca/regions.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.wisc.edu/sasli/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wisc.edu/sasli/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My first reaction was Dartmouth, Georgetown, Middlebury.</p>

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<p>universities with a lot of foreign language graduates (second number from the right)</p>

<p>UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS 1310 7194 315 0.04
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1320 6829 312 0.05
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1340 8917 245 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1390 6336 239 0.04
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1280 8288 204 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY 1450 6650 179 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER 1280 5196 175 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES 1280 6049 170 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 1410 7026 170 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR 1390 5923 145 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 1300 4564 144 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 1320 5769 139 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK 1370 5959 139 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1360 8574 135 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS 1280 5608 134 0.02
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1240 7783 126 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS 1430 3207 121 0.04
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 1470 1670 120 0.07
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK 1310 5734 116 0.02
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON 1220 6172 111 0.02
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1290 9134 109 0.01
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 1410 6763 106 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS 1330 3861 97 0.03
BROWN UNIVERSITY 1520 1490 93 0.06
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1410 4492 91 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE 1310 4633 86 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1240 4015 86 0.02
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1240 4035 84 0.02
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS 1520 1634 78 0.05
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1440 4344 77 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1530 1014 72 0.07
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1560 1804 72 0.04</p>

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<p>LACs witha lot of foreign language graduates</p>

<p>DICKINSON COLLEGE 1370 512 65 0.13
SMITH COLLEGE 1370 688 49 0.07
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 1460 603 46 0.08
HAMILTON COLLEGE 1420 457 43 0.09
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 1500 632 40 0.06
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS 1350 675 39 0.06
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE 1410 299 32 0.11
AMHERST COLLEGE 1550 428 32 0.07
COLGATE UNIVERSITY 1430 646 32 0.05
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 1370 643 32 0.05
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 1390 757 32 0.04
GRINNELL COLLEGE 1490 367 31 0.08
BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1460 414 31 0.07
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND 1355 579 31 0.05
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE 1260 703 31 0.04
MACALESTER COLLEGE 1450 428 30 0.07
HOPE COLLEGE 1260 638 30 0.05
WHEATON COLLEGE 1420 604 30 0.05
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1490 722 30 0.04
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 1320 522 26 0.05
COLBY COLLEGE 1430 486 25 0.05
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1340 597 25 0.04
CARLETON COLLEGE 1480 455 24 0.05
BARNARD COLLEGE 1430 600 24 0.04
SAINT OLAF COLLEGE 1340 708 24 0.03
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE 1530 364 23 0.06
DAVIDSON COLLEGE 1440 426 22 0.05
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE 1300 540 22 0.04
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 1340 420 21 0.05
VASSAR COLLEGE 1460 614 21 0.03</p>

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<p>Should Tufts be on this list? Every non-engineer is required to take a mininum of 6 semesters of foreign language. And noted in International Relations.</p>