2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is fairly rare to find an American majoring in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics. Each subject awards around 6,000 bachelor's degrees per year; 1,205 people earned undergrad degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics last spring, making it the nation's 197th most popular focus. 27 of those degrees were conferred by one college, Harvard University. 106 of those undergraduate students attended colleges in New York.

It likely isn't easy to root out the right institution, because undergraduate degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics are available at 275 colleges across the country. 43.3% more schools offer undergrad degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics than the average field, making it the 83rd most universally offered subject in the United States.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last year, around 77.7% of degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics were bachelor's degrees; 21% were postgrad degrees. Classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics is the 213th most popular master's or doctor's degree in the country, with 330 degrees conferred. For some context, the average subject is 8.4 times more popular among postgraduate students than classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics.

In Total, 1,535 students received a bachelor's or higher in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics last May.

ONLINE CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS DEGREES

2 of those 1,535 graduates (0.1%) finished their school work online - 0 undergrad students and 2 postgrads. It's the 292nd most in-demand online master's or doctor's degree, and 99.7% under the US average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS DEGREES

• Classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics is the 238th most in-demand partially online bachelor's degree in the US
• Classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics is the 95th most universally available partially online undergraduate degree around the nation
• 11.45% of all college degree in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics are done partially online
• Florida State University​ granted 12 partially online undergrad degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics, more than any other US college
• Last May, narrowly north of 85.7% of partially online degrees in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics were four-year degrees; 13% were graduate degrees
• The average subject grants 1,368 yearly bachelor's degrees partially online

IN-PERSON CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS DEGREES

• Classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics is the 171st most ubiquitous in-person bachelor's degree in the United States of America
• Classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics is the 23rd most widely offered in-person four-year degree across the nation
• Last spring, 1,375 people completed a bachelor's or higher in classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics in-person
• Wabash College's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of exclusively in-person classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics majors than any other institution in the United States of America (3.18%)
• New York graduates more classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics majors in-person than any other state (103 undergraduate degrees granted last year)
• On average, each field has close to 20 in-person undergraduate degree conferring colleges