Speak a Foreign Language? Six Exam Programs Can Help You Earn College Credit for It.

According to the "Ethnologue," the official catalogue of world languages, there are currently an estimated 7,099 living languages worldwide. How many can you speak?

Whether you know a second language or you're the world's greatest living linguist (the world record is 42 languages spoken by a single person), studies have shown that knowing another language provides many rewards in the form of increased cognitive capacity and broadened knowledge, let alone the ability to bridge social barriers.

It also gives you the ability to earn college credit.