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Languages of the world - Most studied foreign languages in the USA |
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Created: Friday, 27 April 2007 |
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| Language |
Fall 2002
enrollments |
% change
from 1998 |
| 1. Spanish |
746,267 |
13.7% |
| 2. French |
201,979 |
1.5 |
| 3. German |
91,100 |
2.3 |
| 4. Italian |
63,899 |
29.6 |
| 5. American Sign Language |
60,781 |
432.22 |
| 6. Japanese |
52,238 |
21.1 |
| 7. Chinese |
34,153 |
20.0 |
| 8. Latin |
29,841 |
14.1 |
| 9. Russian |
23,921 |
0.5 |
| 10. Ancient Greek3 |
20,376 |
24.2 |
1. By number of foreign language enrollments in U.S. institutions of higher education.
2. This is larger than the actual growth rate; it reflects past underreporting.
3. If combined, Biblical Hebrew and Modern Hebrew claim 10th place, with 22,802 enrolled and a 44% change.
Source: Association of Departments of Foreign Languages at the Modern Language Association, Foreign Language Enrollments in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2002
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