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Best Colleges for Foreign Languages

809 four-year colleges offer foreign languages programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.

#1A+

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$20,111
Net price
5%
Admit rate
4,535
Enrolled
#2A+

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$13,807
Net price
4%
Admit rate
7,554
Enrolled
#3A+

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$31,944
Net price
12%
Admit rate
7,304
Enrolled
#4A+

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,699
Net price
5%
Admit rate
10,650
Enrolled
#5A+

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$6,128
Net price
5%
Admit rate
5,709
Enrolled
#6A+

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$50,062
Net price
48%
Admit rate
6,552
Enrolled
#7A+

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$36,931
Net price
26%
Admit rate
5,898
Enrolled
#8A+

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,849
Net price
10%
Admit rate
1,388
Enrolled
#9A+

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,690
Net price
9%
Admit rate
15,995
Enrolled
#10A+

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$41,704
Net price
16%
Admit rate
10,085
Enrolled
#11A+

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$40,815
Net price
13%
Admit rate
7,569
Enrolled
#12A+

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$12,116
Net price
14%
Admit rate
18,785
Enrolled
#13A+

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$21,590
Net price
4%
Admit rate
8,973
Enrolled
#14A+

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$19,066
Net price
4%
Admit rate
7,601
Enrolled
#15A+

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$23,777
Net price
4%
Admit rate
6,758
Enrolled
#16A+

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$43,756
Net price
27%
Admit rate
6,938
Enrolled
#17A+

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$26,780
Net price
11%
Admit rate
8,818
Enrolled
#18A+

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$29,612
Net price
6%
Admit rate
6,442
Enrolled
#19A+

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$29,519
Net price
5%
Admit rate
4,541
Enrolled
#20A+

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$23,781
Net price
14%
Admit rate
1,881
Enrolled
#21A+

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$40,766
Net price
29%
Admit rate
3,876
Enrolled
#22A+

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$25,184
Net price
5%
Admit rate
7,226
Enrolled
#23A+

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$30,915
Net price
5%
Admit rate
17,326
Enrolled
#24A+

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$32,740
Net price
10%
Admit rate
20,443
Enrolled