In the world today, native Spanish speakers outnumber any other language group except Chinese. The majority of Spanish speakers are found outside of Spain in places as far-flung as the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North Africa, to name a few.

As the number of Spanish speakers continues to increase, so too career opportunities for Spanish speakers will increase in international business, trade and law, tourism, immigration and the foreign service, global, national, and community development with both governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as journalism, translation, and teaching. In all of these fields, learning Spanish gives them a competitive edge.