Best Colleges for Classics

Majoring in classics does not provide a direct career path like pre-professional fields of study. Rather, it produces graduates who thrive in the areas of critical thinking, research, writing, and communication, skills that prepare them to excel in just about any area. A glance at where Georgetown’s Classics majors end up professionally reveals everything from screenwriter to politician to surgeon to entrepreneur. Some who master Latin and Greek continue on and become the next generation of academics, pursuing Ph.D.’s in the Classics or a related subject. No matter which path you choose, the following schools will help you get there.

Click the links below for more information about each college’s classics program. Click here to read our methodology.

Amherst College

Barnard College

Brandeis University

Brown University

Bryn Mawr College

Carleton College

College of the Holy Cross

College of William and Mary

Cornell University

Columbia University

Davidson College

Georgetown University

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Johns Hopkins University

Kenyon College

Macalester College

Oberlin College

Ohio State University

Princeton University

Stanford University

Tufts University

University of Chicago

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Yale University