Foreign Language Entrance and Degree Requirements in Colleges That Grant the B.A. Degree

A survey of 1158 institutions granting the B.A. degree reveals that nine out of ten have a foreign language requirement for the degree and one in three has a foreign language entrance requirement. Many registrars at colleges without an entrance requirement reported that large percentages of students nevertheless enter with language credits. A related study showed that at 71.3% of 927 colleges placement of entering students was determined by some form of testing or interviewing. (A directory lists all institutions and their requirements, and tables show the regional distribution‐in numbers and percentages‐of institutions with requirements.)

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