<p>What schools have a good department in Russian Studies/Language? Do Illinois schools like UIC, NIU and UIUC have a good program in this? Any top russian program put alot of grads with jobs in Moscow (in the business world)?</p>
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<p>you mean the corrupt/evolving business world in moscow? ;)
although...an american in russia = $$$</p>
<p>Haha, are you implying American = being kidnapped? Or just they can make alot of money?</p>
<p>Neither.</p>
<p>Americans are usually duped for their $$$'s. Doesn't go as far as kidnapping though.</p>
<p>right but if you are an american businessman working in russia, the money you make and quality of life in russia for you will be high.</p>
<p>Well yeah, some goes for any country (like China) if you're a tourist who doesn't know the language/culture well.</p>
<p>Reed College in Portland, Oregan has a good language department with language housing devoted to Russian.</p>
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Reed College in Portland, Oregan has a good language department with language housing devoted to Russian.
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Agreed. I'm Russian and applying to Reed EDII myself (although not to study Russian, obviously).</p>
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<p>Pomona has some all Russian section of their language house. Stanford has a Slavic dorm. I know a friend here who is very happy with his Russian classes. Call up Russian professors, see where they got their PhDs, BAs and see where the Russian is being learned in America.</p>
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<p>Russian studies OR language
UC Berkeley
Connecticut College
Trinity (CT)
Wesleyan
Yale
Bard
Colgate
Columbia
Cornell
UCLA
Hamilton
NYU
Syracuse
U Rochester
UNC Chaple Hill
Oberlin
Ohio St
U Chicago
Princeton
Harvard
U Michigan Ann Arbor
U Penn
Northwestern
Indiana U Bloomington
Brown
Boston U
U Washington
Middlebury
Dickinson
William and Mary
U Illinois UC</p>
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<p>Bard is unique in that it has co-founded its own liberal arts college in St. Petersburg.</p>
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<p>I know this is kind of an old thread, so I don't know if some previous posters are still around. I was wondering about the list of schools that collegehelp posted. Are they supposed to have especially strong programs? If so, what is the source of that information? Plenty of schools offer some form of Russian language or studies programs, so we're interested in which ones offer the stronger ones. Thanks so much.</p>
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<p>Middlebury is well regarded for their language programs
<a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/russian/%5B/url%5D">http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/russian/</a></p>
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<p>"Bard is unique in that it has co-founded its own liberal arts college in St. Petersburg."</p>
<p>I heard it recently moved across the bay to Tampa. Maybe I'm wrong. Inkeeper, bring me another cold one!</p>
<p>This is helpful, but I'm still interested in information that we can use to assess the strength of the different programs and in knowing how the list collegehelp provided was compiled.</p>
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<p>Call professor and ask about strong programs, look into class sizes, study abroad options, keep in mind what options you want available and where many graduates go from each program (grad school, law, med school, ect) for both the entire school and the program in particular, and also take into account overall education.</p>
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<p>I think I compiled the earlier list by selecting schools (from the College Board Index of Majors) that had Russian Language/Studies and which I thought were good schools overall.</p>
<p>Here are a couple of lists from the Gourman Report which has a set of criteria for evaluating specific programs. The Gourman Report criteria favor larger universities so you won't find any LACs on this list.</p>
<p>Gourman Report undergraduate rankings for Russian language</p>
<p>Columbia
Yale
U Chicago
U Penn
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Harvard
Indiana U Bloomington
U Washington
Stanford
U Wisconsin
Brown
Cornell
NYU
UNC Chapel Hill
U Texas Austin
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
UCLA
Michigan State
Northwestern
Syracuse</p>
<p>Gourman Report undergraduate rankings for Russian/Slavic Studies</p>
<p>U Chicago
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Columbia
UC Berkeley
Cornell
U Penn
Northwestern
NYU
Indiana U Bloomington
Brown
Syracuse
UNC Chapel Hill
Ohio State
Boston U
U Washington</p>
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<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Harvard University
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Yale University</p>
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<p>Thank you so much. That is exactly what I wanted to know. We're just looking for a starting point, and you've provided several helpful ones.</p>
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