Catalan Language and Literature Degrees (2026 stats)
TL;DR
Catalan Language and Literature maps to BLS occupations averaging about $122,550, with roughly 507,910 workers nationwide in those roles. About 17,709 bachelor's completions in IPEDS 2023; median in-state published tuition is about $9,595.
Key Statistics
Catalan Language and Literature: what the data shows
Common questions about catalan language and literature degrees, answered from IPEDS, College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, and O*NET in this repository—not program marketing copy.
What is a catalan language and literature degree?
A Catalan Language and Literature program is classified under NCES CIP 16.0907 in the Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics field family (16.09).
A program that focuses on the Catalan language and related dialects. Includes instruction in philology; dialects; and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings
IPEDS counted 17,709 completions for this CIP in the survey year in our extract.
Types of catalan language and literature degrees and related programs
Other NCES program codes in the 16.09 family with pages on EDsmart Data:
- French Language and Literature (CIP 16.0901)
- Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General (CIP 16.0908)
- Italian Language and Literature (CIP 16.0902)
- Portuguese Language and Literature (CIP 16.0904)
- Romanian Language and Literature (CIP 16.0906)
- Spanish Language and Literature (CIP 16.0905)
How long does it take to get a catalan language and literature degree?
Award levels reported to IPEDS for CIP 16.0907 in our file:
- 2,361 Associate (10.3% of IPEDS total)—about two years of full-time study
- 17,709 Bachelor's (77.2% of IPEDS total)—typically four years
- 2,777 Master's (12.1% of IPEDS total)—one to two years beyond a bachelor's
- 88 Doctorate (0.4% of IPEDS total)—varies by program
Time to completion depends on enrollment intensity and transfer credits; figures above describe credential type, not calendar time for every student.
What degree do you need?
For English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (top mapped occupation), O*NET incumbent surveys in our career profile report these education credentials most often: Some college (29%), High School or Equivalent (27%), Bachelors Degree (22%). Bachelor's awards account for a majority of IPEDS completions for CIP 16.0907, but occupation data show multiple pathways.
O*NET education distributions describe incumbent workers, not minimum legal or employer requirements.
What jobs can you get with a catalan language and literature degree?
Our degree→occupation mapping links Catalan Language and Literature to the BLS roles below. Employment is U.S. OEWS; median wage is national May 2024 where published in our extract.
| Occupation | U.S. employment | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 59,590 | $78,270 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 21,170 | $77,010 |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | 36,260 | $59,950 |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | 178,790 | $95,410 |
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | 136,390 | $78,680 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | 75,710 | $155,020 |
See Careers & Jobs for mean wages and industry context.
Is a catalan language and literature degree worth it?
College Scorecard national medians for the Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics bachelor's program family: median debt $24,420, median earnings $55,000 four years after enrollment. Debt-to-earnings proxy: 0.71.
About 5.9% of graduates in this field family were not working and not enrolled one year after completion in Scorecard's national program medians.
Among schools reporting in our Scorecard extract, median published in-state tuition is $9,595 and median net price is $18,134.
We do not score "worth" on opinion—compare debt, earnings, wages for mapped occupations, and completion data above against your cost and career target.
Institutions
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Catalan Language and Literature and the types of students that study this field.
Tuition Costs for Common Institutions
$9,595 Median In-State Public
$45,580 Median Out of State Private
Tuition costs for Catalan Language and Literature majors are, on average, $9,595 for in-state public colleges, and $45,580 for out of state private colleges.
Tuition costs comparison for Catalan Language and Literature programs.
Degrees Awarded Over Time
100,000 Total Degrees Awarded in 2023
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Catalan Language and Literature from 2015 to 2023.
Historical trend of degrees awarded in Catalan Language and Literature.
Top 5 Schools by Enrollment
| # | School | State | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon University | AZ | 73,371 |
| 2 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | 64,674 |
| 3 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | 64,674 |
| 4 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | 64,674 |
| 5 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | 64,674 |
Schools with the largest enrollment offering Catalan Language and Literature programs.
Top 5 Most Affordable Tuition
| # | School | State | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taft College | CA | $1,108 |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | CA | $1,124 |
| 3 | Woodland Community College | CA | $1,124 |
| 4 | Lake Tahoe Community College | CA | $1,131 |
| 5 | Lake Tahoe Community College | CA | $1,131 |
Schools with the lowest tuition costs for Catalan Language and Literature programs.
Top 5 Lowest Net Price
| # | School | State | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada College | CA | $32 |
| 2 | College of the Sequoias | CA | $480 |
| 3 | College of the Sequoias | CA | $480 |
| 4 | College of San Mateo | CA | $536 |
| 5 | Henry Ford College | MI | $660 |
Schools with the lowest average net price for Catalan Language and Literature programs.
Graduation Rates
Graduation rate data is not available for this degree program.
Graduation/completion rates for Catalan Language and Literature programs across institutions.
Where students complete this major (IPEDS)
Bachelor's-level completions (IPEDS Completions, award level 5) summed by institution state. State is taken from IPEDS Directory (HD2023) for each reporting institution.
Geographic concentration
The largest number of reported bachelor's completions for Catalan Language and Literature is in CA (2,245 completions). That state represents about 12.7% of U.S. bachelor's completions reported for this CIP in the IPEDS file we use.
Among states, the highest concentration relative to all bachelor's degrees awarded in-state is HI (1.04% of that state's bachelor's completions).
Top states by count of bachelor's completions for this CIP (IPEDS).
| State | Bachelor's completions (this CIP) | % of U.S. total (this CIP) | % of state's all bachelor's |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2,245 | 12.7% | 0.50% |
| NY | 1,177 | 6.7% | 0.43% |
| TX | 851 | 4.8% | 0.29% |
| MA | 775 | 4.4% | 0.61% |
| PA | 760 | 4.3% | 0.45% |
| OH | 655 | 3.7% | 0.47% |
| MI | 654 | 3.7% | 0.57% |
| IL | 589 | 3.3% | 0.42% |
| NC | 588 | 3.3% | 0.48% |
| IN | 569 | 3.2% | 0.55% |
| VA | 556 | 3.1% | 0.45% |
| FL | 501 | 2.8% | 0.22% |
| WI | 501 | 2.8% | 0.66% |
| UT | 473 | 2.7% | 0.44% |
| WA | 467 | 2.6% | 0.68% |
| GA | 451 | 2.5% | 0.39% |
| MN | 432 | 2.4% | 0.51% |
| AZ | 382 | 2.2% | 0.28% |
Related specializations
Other NCES program codes in the 16.09 CIP family with dedicated pages on EDsmart Data.
- French Language and Literature CIP 16.0901
- Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General CIP 16.0908
- Italian Language and Literature CIP 16.0902
- Portuguese Language and Literature CIP 16.0904
- Romanian Language and Literature CIP 16.0906
- Spanish Language and Literature CIP 16.0905
Degree Levels (IPEDS)
Completions reported to IPEDS for CIP 16.0907 in the survey year used in our extract (22,935 total across levels below).
- 2,361 Associate (10.3% of IPEDS total)
- 17,709 Bachelor's (77.2% of IPEDS total)
- 2,777 Master's (12.1% of IPEDS total)
- 88 Doctorate (0.4% of IPEDS total)
Source: IPEDS Completions (c2024_a), summed by award level for this CIP.
Careers & Jobs
Occupations linked to this major in our degree→career mapping, with wages and employment from processed BLS career profiles in this repo.
Across these BLS occupations, employment-weighted mean pay is about $122,550. Figures are national OEWS estimates for the occupation—not earnings of Catalan Language and Literature graduates alone.
Related occupations (BLS OEWS)
| Occupation | Mean annual wage | U.S. employment |
|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | $145,212 | 59,590 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | $129,691 | 21,170 |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | $100,129 | 36,260 |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | $117,150 | 178,790 |
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | $88,062 | 136,390 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $188,333 | 75,710 |
Open each occupation for full career profile charts and industry breakdowns on EDsmart Data.
Program outcomes (College Scorecard)
National medians across bachelor's programs in the Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics CIP family (22 programs reporting debt). Not specific to every Catalan Language and Literature graduate.
- $24,420 median federal loan debt among completers
- $55,000 median earnings four years after enrollment (national program median)
- 0.71 debt-to-earnings ratio (Scorecard proxy)
- 5.9% of graduates not working and not enrolled one year out (program cohort)
Source: College Scorecard program-level outcomes aggregated by 4-digit CIP family.
Employment
Wages and industry mix below use BLS OEWS data for occupations linked to this major in our mapping—not a graduate earnings survey.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
$122,550 Average Wage in Workforce
The average salary for Catalan Language and Literature majors is $122,550.
Average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Catalan Language and Literature majors.
Occupations by Share
507,910 2023 Workforce
The number of Catalan Language and Literature graduates in the workforce has been growing.
Various jobs filled by those with a major in Catalan Language and Literature by share of the total number of graduates.
Diversity
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Catalan Language and Literature in the United States.
Workforce Age
N/A Average Age in 2023
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Catalan Language and Literature.
Age distribution for Catalan Language and Literature degree holders in the workforce.
Gender Distribution
Counts below are bachelor's-level completions only (IPEDS Completions, award level 5).
17,709 Total Degrees Awarded
5,152 Male (29.09%)
12,557 Female (70.91%)
Gender distribution of Catalan Language and Literature degree recipients.
Race and Ethnicity Distribution
Counts below are bachelor's-level completions only (IPEDS Completions, award level 5).
9,627 White (54.36%)
4,470 Hispanic or Latino (25.24%)
1,125 Asian (6.35%)
881 Two or More Races (4.97%)
641 Black or African American (3.62%)
Racial and ethnic distribution of Catalan Language and Literature degree recipients.
Degrees Awarded
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Catalan Language and Literature are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
Distribution of degree types awarded in Catalan Language and Literature.
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Catalan Language and Literature field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Required Skills
Catalan Language and Literature majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Active Listening, and Reading Comprehension.
Rating of how necessary various skills are for Catalan Language and Literature majors.
Skills Bar Chart
This bar chart shows the same information as the radar chart, displaying the importance of each skill.
Skill importance ratings for Catalan Language and Literature majors.
About
A program that focuses on the Catalan language and related dialects. Includes instruction in philology; dialects; and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings
In 2023, 100,000 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs in Catalan Language and Literature.
CIP Code
16.0907 - Catalan Language and Literature
What the data shows
At the program-family level, College Scorecard reports median debt of $24,420 for bachelor's completers and median earnings near $55,000, a debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.71. Those figures describe national program cohorts in this CIP family—not every individual Catalan Language and Literature graduate.
Women earned 71.0% of 28,685 Catalan Language and Literature completions in the IPEDS file used here.
Mapped BLS occupations show employment-weighted mean pay of about $122,550. The largest mapped role by headcount is English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (59,590 U.S. jobs in OEWS).
Published tuition medians in College Scorecard land at $9,595 in-state at public colleges and $45,580 at private institutions for programs in this field.
Data Sources
This page uses data from the following sources:
- College Scorecard - U.S. Department of Education
- Institutional characteristics, costs, completion rates, and earnings data
- Data years: 2015-2024
- Source: collegescorecard.ed.gov
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
- Employment and wage data by occupation
- Latest data: May 2024
- Source: bls.gov/oes
- O*NET Online - U.S. Department of Labor
- Occupational skills, knowledge, abilities, and work activities
- Database version: 28.0 (August 2023)
- Source: onetcenter.org
- IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) - National Center for Education Statistics
- Institutional data, completions, enrollment, and financial aid
- Data years: 2015-2024
- Source: nces.ed.gov/ipeds
- Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS)
- Demographic and workforce data
- Latest data: 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates
- Source: census.gov/acs
Data Processing: All data has been processed, cleaned, and aggregated for presentation. Where specific data points are unavailable, estimates are based on available data and clearly marked.
Last Updated: Data reflects the most recent available information as of January 2025.
Methodology
Data for this profile is sourced from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard dataset, IPEDS completion data, and Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data.
All financial figures are adjusted for inflation and represent the most recent available data. Employment and wage data are from the most recent Census Bureau ACS PUMS estimates.