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CIP PROGRAM: 16.0901
French Language and Literature.

Summary: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in philology; Metropolitan French; Canadian French; African and Caribbean Creoles; dialects; and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 85 2376 217
2021 92 2208 230
2022 76 2071 181
2023 89 1649 167
2024 59 1650 185
Change +4.71% -30.60% -23.04%

Related CIPs

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16.09 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
16.0900 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
16.0901 French Language and Literature.
16.0902 Italian Language and Literature.
16.0904 Portuguese Language and Literature.
16.0905 Spanish Language and Literature.
16.0906 Romanian Language and Literature.
16.0907 Catalan Language and Literature.
16.0908 Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
16.0999 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in French Language and Literature.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Agnes Scott College1 +200.00%
Albion College1 +100.00%
Albright College1 -
Allegheny College5 -60.00%
Amherst College14 -53.85%
Andrews University2 +200.00%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion11 -11.76%
Asbury University1 -100.00%
Auburn University5 -16.67%
Augustana College5 -63.64%
Augustana University2 -
Austin College2 -75.00%
Baldwin Wallace University3 -
Ball State University8 -12.50%
Barnard College2 +66.67%
Bates College11 -25.00%
Baylor University6 -25.00%
Belmont University1 -50.00%
Beloit College4 +50.00%
Benedictine College1 -
Bennington College5 -
Berea College1 -
Binghamton University5 -11.11%
Bob Jones University1 -
Boise State University1 -42.86%
Boston College4 -44.44%
Boston University4 +100.00%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus2 -50.00%
Brigham Young University14 -33.33%
Bryn Mawr College5 -12.50%
Bucknell University9 -54.55%
Butler University10 -50.00%
CUNY Brooklyn College1 -
CUNY Hunter College8 -61.54%
CUNY Queens College4 -75.00%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt2 +100.00%
California State University-Chico3 +100.00%
California State University-East Bay1 -100.00%
California State University-Fullerton2 -75.00%
California State University-Long Beach7 -66.67%
California State University-Los Angeles1 +50.00%
California State University-Sacramento1 -100.00%
California State University-San Bernardino2 -100.00%
Calvin University5 -37.50%
Capital University2 +200.00%
Carnegie Mellon University3 -66.67%
Carroll College1 +50.00%
Carthage College3 -50.00%
Case Western Reserve University2 +33.33%
Centenary College of Louisiana2 -
Central College1 -100.00%
Central Connecticut State University1 -100.00%
Central Michigan University3 -75.00%
Central Washington University2 +150.00%
Centre College7 +42.86%
Chapman University4 +16.67%
Claremont McKenna College1 -100.00%
Clark University2 -50.00%
Cleveland State University2 -40.00%
Coe College1 +100.00%
Colby College3 +18.18%
Colgate University9 -50.00%
College of Charleston11 +22.22%
College of Saint Benedict3 +200.00%
College of the Holy Cross5 -100.00%
Colorado College1 -
Columbia University in the City of New York10 -23.08%
Concordia College at Moorhead4 -
Connecticut College8 -
Cornell College4 -100.00%
Cornell University8 -81.25%
Covenant College1 -
Dartmouth College2 -
Davidson College4 -42.86%
DePaul University6 -
DePauw University1 +66.67%
Denison University4 -
Dickinson College8 -50.00%
Dominican University1 -100.00%
Drew University1 -25.00%
Drexel University1 -
Drury University1 -100.00%
Duke University11 -100.00%
Eastern Michigan University2 -
Eckerd College7 -100.00%
Elmhurst University1 +50.00%
Elon University2 -
Emory & Henry University2 -100.00%
Fairfield University1 -100.00%
Florida International University3 +16.67%
Florida State University9 -50.00%
Fordham University1 -
Franciscan University of Steubenville1 +100.00%
Franklin College1 -
Furman University3 -40.00%
George Washington University4 -
Georgetown University6 -33.33%
Georgia State University10 -25.00%
Gettysburg College3 -20.00%
Gonzaga University6 -50.00%
Goucher College4 -75.00%
Grand Valley State University8 -44.44%
Grinnell College13 -
Grove City College2 -50.00%
Guilford College2 -100.00%
Gustavus Adolphus College3 +100.00%
Hamilton College9 +116.67%
Harding University1 +150.00%
Haverford College1 -100.00%
Hendrix College3 -50.00%
High Point University2 -
Hillsdale College2 -50.00%
Hobart William Smith Colleges3 +75.00%
Hofstra University4 -66.67%
Hollins University2 +50.00%
Hood College2 -75.00%
Hope College2 -87.50%
Howard University1 -50.00%
Illinois State University4 +20.00%
Illinois Wesleyan University1 -100.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington13 -50.00%
Indiana University-Indianapolis2 -44.44%
Indiana University-Northwest1 -100.00%
Indiana University-South Bend1 -50.00%
Ithaca College1 -100.00%
Jacksonville University2 -
John Carroll University1 -100.00%
Johns Hopkins University10 -42.86%
Juniata College1 -100.00%
Kalamazoo College9 -87.50%
Kent State University at Kent4 -
Kenyon College7 +100.00%
Lafayette College4 +150.00%
Lake Forest College3 -14.29%
Lawrence University5 -25.00%
Le Moyne College2 -100.00%
Lee University3 -
Lewis & Clark College6 -25.00%
Linfield University1 -
Lipscomb University4 -
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College16 -
Loyola University Chicago4 -11.11%
Loyola University New Orleans1 -66.67%
Luther College4 +133.33%
Macalester College1 +200.00%
Manchester University1 -
Manhattan College1 -
Marist College1 -100.00%
Marquette University5 -85.71%
McDaniel College3 -33.33%
Mercer University4 -62.50%
Miami University-Oxford3 -60.00%
Michigan State University12 -50.00%
Middlebury College2 +100.00%
Minnesota State University-Mankato4 -75.00%
Montana State University2 -
Montclair State University4 -20.00%
Moravian University2 -
Mount Holyoke College15 -30.00%
Nazareth University2 -83.33%
New York University24 -46.88%
Niagara University1 -
North Central College1 -60.00%
Northern Illinois University7 -60.00%
Northern Kentucky University1 -33.33%
Northern Michigan University4 -60.00%
Northwestern University4 -69.23%
Oakland University6 +100.00%
Oberlin College10 +125.00%
Oglethorpe University1 +100.00%
Ohio State University-Main Campus21 -38.46%
Ohio University-Main Campus1 -71.43%
Ohio Wesleyan University1 -80.00%
Oregon State University9 +800.00%
Pacific Lutheran University2 -
Pacific University2 -
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus23 -28.57%
Pepperdine University2 -60.00%
Point Loma Nazarene University1 +100.00%
Pomona College9 -33.33%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce10 +800.00%
Portland State University7 -14.29%
Presbyterian College1 -40.00%
Princeton University4 -70.00%
Providence College3 -75.00%
Purdue University-Main Campus7 +200.00%
Queens University of Charlotte2 -
Randolph-Macon College1 -100.00%
Reed College1 -
Rhodes College5 +33.33%
Rice University2 -50.00%
Rider University1 +100.00%
Roanoke College2 +66.67%
Rockhurst University2 +500.00%
Rutgers University-Camden1 -
Rutgers University-New Brunswick5 -71.43%
SUNY College at Geneseo3 -100.00%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh1 -100.00%
SUNY at Fredonia3 -50.00%
Saginaw Valley State University2 -50.00%
Saint Anselm College1 -
Saint Joseph's University1 -50.00%
Saint Louis University2 -
Saint Mary's College of California1 -
Saint Michael's College3 -100.00%
Salem State University2 +300.00%
Salisbury University3 -40.00%
Salve Regina University3 -100.00%
Sam Houston State University1 -
Samford University2 -100.00%
San Diego State University3 -
San Francisco State University5 -44.44%
Santa Clara University9 -28.57%
Seattle University3 -75.00%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania1 +25.00%
Skidmore College5 -25.00%
Smith College11 -58.82%
Sonoma State University3 -66.67%
South Dakota State University1 -100.00%
Southern Methodist University13 -38.89%
Southern Utah University3 +100.00%
Southwestern University1 -33.33%
St Catherine University1 -100.00%
St Lawrence University2 -28.57%
St Olaf College14 -60.00%
St. John's University-New York2 -100.00%
Stanford University2 -100.00%
State University of New York at Cortland2 -
State University of New York at New Paltz3 -33.33%
State University of New York at Oswego1 -66.67%
Susquehanna University4 +33.33%
Swarthmore College1 -50.00%
Syracuse University5 +50.00%
Temple University3 -
Texas Christian University6 -22.22%
Texas State University2 +83.33%
The Catholic University of America4 +200.00%
The University of Montana3 -50.00%
The University of Texas at Arlington1 -91.67%
The University of Texas at Austin1 -75.00%
The University of the South4 -12.50%
Transylvania University3 -
Trinity College2 -
Trinity University6 -100.00%
Tufts University11 -22.22%
Tulane University of Louisiana10 -66.67%
Union College4 -40.00%
Union University2 -50.00%
United States Military Academy1 -69.23%
University at Buffalo2 -
University of Arizona19 +87.50%
University of Arkansas11 -61.11%
University of California-Berkeley17 +46.15%
University of California-Davis5 -45.45%
University of California-Irvine4 -83.33%
University of California-Los Angeles12 +18.75%
University of California-Riverside4 -
University of California-Santa Barbara8 +40.00%
University of Central Florida5 +16.67%
University of Central Oklahoma1 +50.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus3 +20.00%
University of Colorado Boulder6 -
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus2 -66.67%
University of Connecticut9 -28.57%
University of Dallas2 -
University of Dayton7 +300.00%
University of Delaware3 -
University of Denver7 -14.29%
University of Georgia11 -72.73%
University of Hawaii at Manoa10 -50.00%
University of Houston1 -25.00%
University of Illinois Chicago2 -
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign6 +33.33%
University of Iowa9 -
University of Kansas12 -29.17%
University of Louisville2 -
University of Maine1 +100.00%
University of Maryland-College Park20 -43.75%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst4 -33.33%
University of Massachusetts-Boston3 -
University of Miami5 -12.50%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor9 -17.39%
University of Minnesota-Duluth5 +500.00%
University of Minnesota-Morris1 -25.00%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities12 -26.67%
University of Mississippi3 -
University of Mount Union10 +100.00%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln4 +80.00%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas3 -100.00%
University of Nevada-Reno13 -33.33%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus1 +25.00%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus3 -25.00%
University of North Alabama2 +33.33%
University of North Carolina Wilmington3 -60.00%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte13 +76.92%
University of North Dakota4 -85.71%
University of North Texas7 -55.56%
University of Notre Dame6 -36.36%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus1 -25.00%
University of Oregon10 -53.85%
University of Pennsylvania2 -43.75%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus14 +15.79%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez2 -50.00%
University of Puget Sound7 -50.00%
University of Rhode Island15 -25.00%
University of Richmond5 -71.43%
University of Rochester2 -50.00%
University of San Diego7 +50.00%
University of South Carolina-Columbia4 -37.50%
University of South Dakota1 -
University of Southern California15 -
University of Southern Indiana1 -33.33%
University of St Thomas1 -40.00%
University of Toledo2 -
University of Tulsa2 +50.00%
University of Utah4 -37.50%
University of Vermont5 +100.00%
University of Virginia-Main Campus27 -9.38%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus18 -33.33%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire4 -87.50%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse4 -50.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison24 -52.78%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee6 +66.67%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh3 -40.00%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point1 -100.00%
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater1 -
University of Wyoming1 -
Ursinus College2 -
Utah State University3 +33.33%
Valdosta State University6 -33.33%
Valparaiso University1 -50.00%
Vanderbilt University9 -23.08%
Vassar College16 -
Villanova University8 -14.29%
Virginia Wesleyan University1 -
Wabash College1 -
Washburn University1 -33.33%
Washington & Jefferson College2 -25.00%
Washington College1 -75.00%
Washington State University2 -50.00%
Washington University in St Louis9 -25.00%
Washington and Lee University3 +200.00%
Weber State University3 -
Wellesley College3 -47.37%
West Virginia University3 -
Western Michigan University4 -50.00%
Western Washington University12 -23.53%
Wheaton College4 -60.00%
Whittier College5 -
William & Mary16 -12.50%
Williams College15 -20.00%
Wofford College5 -
Wright State University-Main Campus3 -80.00%
Xavier University10 -
Yale University5 -28.57%