Those considering modern languages, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of modern languages, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics | 2,847 |
| Language Interpretation and Translation | 967 |
| Comparative Literature | 917 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other | 240 |
| Applied Linguistics | 197 |
Part of the broader field of Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, modern languages connects to the wider programs in that field.
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