2025 Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature sits in the middle of the road, ranking #160 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for classical languages & literature students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 213 bachelor's degrees in classical languages & literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Classical Languages & Literature School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of classical languages & literature for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to classical languages & literature students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other classical languages & literature students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for classical languages & literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized classical languages & literature related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for classical languages & literature students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Classical Languages & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Classical Languages & Literature in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Classical Languages

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

18 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from University of Florida

3

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat William & Mary if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from William & Mary

4

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

19 Annual Graduates

Florida State University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in classical languages & literature. Florida State is a very large public university located in the city of Tallahassee.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from Florida State University

5

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

6

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

11 Annual Graduates

UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from University of Georgia

7

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

16 Annual Graduates

C of C is a large public college located in the city of Charleston.More information about a bachelor’s in classical languages & literature from College of Charleston

Best Classical Languages & Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best classical languages & literature colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	35
Georgia	224	17
Tennessee	220	22
North Carolina	213	40
Virginia	213	66
South Carolina	195	15
Kentucky	187	5
Alabama	184	9
Louisiana	171	10
Mississippi	169	14
Arkansas	167	7

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Classical Languages & Literature Related Rankings by Major

Classical Languages & Literature is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Classical Languages Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	187
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	14
Latin Language & Literature	9
Ancient/Classical Greek Language & Literature	3

Majors Similar to Classical Languages

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	1,679
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	1,271
Germanic Languages	118
East Asian Languages	100
American Sign Language	84
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	75
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	51
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	26

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.