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Languages at Whitman College

Whitman College graduates about 15 languages majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 82nd of 586 schools we score for languages, a standout program at 82 out of 100.

82/100Standout#82 of 586 for languages →
Graduates a year155% of the class
Research in the field$940Ka year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school
SAT middle 50%1293–1473whole school

Around Whitman College

The OP-1 by Teenage Engineering
The OP-1 by Teenage EngineeringPhoto: justin lincoln · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Cordiner Concert Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla
Cordiner Concert Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla (10899929284)Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
A teenager partakes in Beezin'
Beezin' BenPhoto: Luckyemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Soaring Stones (1990 granite-and-steel sculpture by John T. Young)
Soaring StonesPhoto: Bobjgalindo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where languages happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Penrose Library, Chinese Language & Culture House.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 10 · Dorm 7 · Arts 3 · Athletics 3 · Dining 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the languages ranking

  1. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 82
  2. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 82
  3. University of Pittsburgh 82
  4. Mount Holyoke College 82
  5. Brigham Young University 81
  6. University of California, Santa Barbara 81
  7. The Ohio State University 81
  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 81

Other strong majors at Whitman College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Whitman College 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.

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