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Major Overview for Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics

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Overview for Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics

A program that focuses on one or more of the extinct Semitic and/or Non-Semitic languages spoken in the ancient Near East, including those used to write historical Jewish and Christian religious texts. Includes instruction in languages such as Egyptian/Coptic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Cannanite, Phonecian, Samarian, Ugaritic, Syriac, Mandean, Hattic, Elamite, Hurrian, Hittite, Urartian, Lydian, Luwian, Lycian, Palaic, Sabaean/South Arabian, and other associated languages, plus allied disciplines such as philology, epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics, and textual studies.

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A major in Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics

Top 13 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Union University
Jackson, TN
7
(1.7%)
Minimally Selective$26,350
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
5
(0.1%)
Minimally Selective$11,470
Concordia University - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
4
(3.6%)
Moderately Selective$27,820
Concordia University
River Forest, IL
4
(1.9%)
Moderately Selective$29,212
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Mequon, WI
4
(0.7%)
Moderately Selective$27,340
Northland Baptist Bible College
Dunbar, WI
2
(2.0%)
Open Admissions$16,290
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL
2
(0.4%)
Minimally Selective$26,890
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2
(0.1%)
Most Selective$47,950
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
2
(0.9%)
Moderately Selective$21,752
North Central University
Minneapolis, MN
2
(1.2%)
Minimally Selective$19,214
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.