College enrollments in foreign languages
U.S. college enrollments in some foreign languages in 2013 and change since 2009
(- means minus)
Spanish 790,756 -8.2%
French 197,757 -8.1%
German 86,700 -9.3%
Italian 71,825 -11.3%
Japanese 66,740 -7.8%
Chinese 61,055 +2%
Arabic 32,286 -7.5%
Latin 27,192 -16.2%
Russian 21,962 -17.9%
Korean 12,229 +44.7%
Source: Modern Language Assn.
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