German Language and Literature

A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects. Includes instruction in philology; dialects; and applications to business, science/technology, and other settings.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 217 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2803 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

676

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,895

awards given

Top Schools for German Language and Literature

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	135
2	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	101
3	Boise State University Boise, ID	68
4	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	54
5	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	51
6	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	45
7	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	45
8	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	44
9	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	43
10	Duke University Durham, NC	42
11	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	39
12	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	39
13	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	36
14	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	36
15	University of Georgia Athens, GA	36
16	Palomar College San Marcos, CA	34
17	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	33
18	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	33
19	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	33
20	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	30
21	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	30
22	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	30
23	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	30
24	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	27
25	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	27
26	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	27
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	27
28	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	27
29	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	27
30	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	27
31	Grossmont College El Cajon, CA	25
32	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	24
33	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	24
34	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	24
35	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	24
36	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	24
37	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	24
38	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	24
39	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	21
40	Furman University Greenville, SC	21
41	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	21
42	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	18
43	Portland State University Portland, OR	18
44	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	18
45	Stanford University Stanford, CA	18
46	Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA	18
47	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	18
48	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	18
49	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	16
50	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	15
51	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	15
52	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	15
53	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	15
54	New York University New York, NY	15
55	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	15
56	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	15
57	Weber State University Ogden, UT	14
58	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	12
59	Georgetown University Washington, DC	12
60	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	12
61	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	12
62	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	12
63	University of Denver Denver, CO	12
64	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	12
65	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	12
66	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	12
67	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	12
68	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	12
69	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	12
70	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	12
71	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	12
72	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	12
73	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	12
74	DePaul University Chicago, IL	12
75	Tufts University Medford, MA	12
76	University of Mount Union Alliance, OH	12
77	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	12
78	Denison University Granville, OH	12
79	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	12
80	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	12
81	Belmont University Nashville, TN	12
82	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	12
83	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	9
84	Centre College Danville, KY	9
85	Luther College Decorah, IA	9
86	George Washington University Washington, DC	9
87	Converse University Spartanburg, SC	9
88	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	9
89	Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN	9
90	Union College Schenectady, NY	9
91	University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN	9
92	Connecticut College New London, CT	9
93	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	9
94	Butler University Indianapolis, IN	9
95	Hope College Holland, MI	9
96	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	9
97	Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI	9
98	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	9
99	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	9
100	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	9