Romance Languages (Bachelor's) Programs in Wisconsin, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- 9 programs report first-year pay
- 8 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 Wisconsin Romance languages bachelor's program pays its graduates $37,018 in their first year, $2,369 more than the national median. UW-Green Bay reports the highest first-year pay ($43,126), and Marquette University the lowest median debt ($19,500).
All 9 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.
UW-Oshkosh reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.
Debt and first-year pay at every Wisconsin Romance languages program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Wisconsin medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- UW-Green Bay$43,126
- UW-Whitewater$42,722
- UW-Eau Claire$41,109
- Marquette University$41,033
- UW-La Crosse$37,018
Lowest median debt
- Marquette University$19,500
- UW-Madison$20,250
- UW-Milwaukee$23,000
- UW-Eau Claire$23,524
- UW-Stevens Point$24,575
Lowest debt for the pay
"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
$62,870Median pay in Wisconsin. 15,910 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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.
Interpreters and Translators
$63,390Median pay in Wisconsin. 1,410 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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.
Common questions
UW-Green Bay in Green Bay reports the highest median first-year pay, $43,126. Its median federal debt is $26,500.
Marquette University reports the lowest median federal debt, $19,500, with first-year pay of $41,033.
The median across 9 Wisconsin Romance languages bachelor's programs is $37,018 in the first year after graduating and $55,929 five years after.
9 Wisconsin programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.
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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 Wisconsin 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
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024