Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education
Data gathering for the next enrollment report is scheduled to begin in fall 2024.
Current Reports
The MLA’s comprehensive study describes lower- and upper-level undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in fall 2021 reported by 2,455 AA-, BA-, MA-, and PhD-granting colleges and universities in the United States.
Case Studies from the 2021 Enrollments Report
Snapshot: Language Study in Fall 2020
Language Enrollment Database, 1958–2021
Interactive Graphs
Enrollment Trends for Emerging Languages
Enrollment Trends for Established Languages (Old Timers*)
*We define Old Timers as languages that have consistently appeared among the 15 most widely taught languages at the national level for each year from 1974 to 2016 and have been offered at institutions across all geographical regions since 1974.
Previous Reports
2016 Community College Report (revised 19 April 2021)
Institution Information
Nonresponding Institutions (2009, 2013, 2016, 2021)
Institutions with No Enrollments in Languages Other than English (2009, 2013, 2016, 2021)