Language Interpretation and Translation

A program that prepares individuals to be professional interpreters and/or translators of documents and data files, either from English or (Canadian) French into another language or languages or vice versa. Includes intensive instruction in one or more foreign languages plus instruction in subjects such as single- and multiple-language interpretation, one- or two-way interpretation, simultaneous interpretation, general and literary translation, business translation, technical translation, and other specific applications of linguistic skills.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 76 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2992 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

528

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

185

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,137

awards given

Top Schools for Language Interpretation and Translation

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC	268
2	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Monterey, CA	204
3	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	153
4	American University Washington, DC	127
5	Surry Community College Dobson, NC	104
6	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	99
7	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA	90
8	Community College of Aurora Aurora, CO	86
9	Sampson Community College Clinton, NC	80
10	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	79
11	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	72
12	Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS	68
13	Wilson Community College Wilson, NC	63
14	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	57
15	Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI	57
16	Pima Community College Tucson, AZ	56
17	Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA	50
18	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	48
19	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	48
20	Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	48
21	Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley, CA	44
22	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	44
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	42
24	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	42
25	New York University New York, NY	42
26	Beaufort County Community College Washington, NC	40
27	Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC	40
28	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	36
29	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	36
30	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	36
31	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	36
32	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	36
33	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	33
34	Viterbo University La Crosse, WI	32
35	De Anza College Cupertino, CA	32
36	Houston Community College Houston, TX	30
37	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	30
38	Elgin Community College Elgin, IL	28
39	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX	28
40	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	27
41	Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK	25
42	Century College White Bear Lake, MN	25
43	Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee, WI	24
44	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	24
45	College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE	24
46	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	24
47	Weber State University Ogden, UT	18
48	Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE	18
49	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	16
50	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	16
51	Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA	16
52	Missouri Southern State University Joplin, MO	16
53	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	16
54	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	15
55	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	15
56	Bristol Community College Fall River, MA	12
57	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	12
58	Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK	12
59	Lake Region State College Devils Lake, ND	12
60	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	9
61	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	6
62	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	6
63	Texas A & M International University Laredo, TX	6
64	La Salle University Philadelphia, PA	6
65	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	6
66	UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ Cranford, NJ	6
67	Mississippi College Clinton, MS	6
68	University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA	4
69	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA	4
70	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	4
71	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	3
72	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	3
73	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	3
74	Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC	3
75	Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK	3
76	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	3