Languages of the world - Most studied foreign languages in the USA

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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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