US College Programs

Romance Languages (Bachelor's) Programs in Ohio, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 7 programs report first-year pay
  • 6 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Ohio Romance languages bachelor's program pays its graduates $27,815 in their first year, $6,834 less than the national median. Denison University reports the highest first-year pay ($42,992), and Wright State the lowest median debt ($19,500).

Median first-year pay$27,815National $34,649
Median pay after 5 years$46,635National $54,049
Median federal debt$25,750National $22,067
Debt-to-earnings82%National 62%

All 7 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

Denison University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. 2 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio Romance languages program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 6 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Denison University$42,992
  2. Miami University$39,220
  3. University of Cincinnati$30,504
  4. Ohio State$27,815
  5. Wright State$23,739

Lowest median debt

  1. Wright State$19,500
  2. Miami University$20,702
  3. Ohio State$22,746
  4. University of Cincinnati$25,000
  5. Bowling Green State$26,500

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Miami University53%
  2. Ohio State82%
  3. University of Cincinnati82%
  4. Wright State82%
  5. Ohio Wesleyan University115%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to Romance languages, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

$78,800

Median pay in Ohio. 49,540 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $48,370Top 10%: $103,150

Interpreters and Translators

$61,230

Median pay in Ohio. 2,030 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $39,300Top 10%: $91,920

Common questions

Denison University in Granville reports the highest median first-year pay, $42,992.

Related pages

Romance Languages (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked189 programs by pay and debt

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
  • Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the Romance languages bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024