Best Colleges for Classical Languages

zapfino
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:08:05 +0000

In Illinois and nearby states, this is roughly how I’d rank universities in terms of overall quality of undergrad ed + quality of classics depts.; others may differ:
Chicago, Notre Dame, Michigan, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota

I’m not quite sure where I’d put Illinois, Northwestern, and Washington U.

For a smaller schools, look at St. Olaf. Valparaiso might be worthwhile, especially if you qualify for its excellent honors college. I know someone who did Classics (+ Hebrew in the Theology dept.) at Valpo—very well-prepared for graduate study at Princeton Theological & Princeton, later did a summer at Dunbarton Oaks, etc.