Languages at UC Riverside
UC Riverside graduates about 117 languages majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 197th of 586 schools we score for languages, a solid program at 63 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $44,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.84×). Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Riverside
Where languages happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Tomas Rivera Library, Humanities, Humanities and Social Sciences, Orbach Science Library.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Student housing 68 · Dorm 46 · Dining 4 · Athletics 3 · Offices 2.
Nearby in the languages ranking
Other strong majors at UC Riverside
- Sociology & anthropology 70 · #157
- Computer science 69 · #160
- Biology 69 · #182
- Art, music & theater 68 · #201
- History 66 · #164
- Psychology 65 · #204
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Riverside with every school we score in languages. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.