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Linguistics at Brandeis University

Linguistics at Brandeis University

Every linguistics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the linguistics program at Brandeis University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,440 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics section at the bottom of this page.

Brandeis Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics

Brandeis Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Brandeis is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Linguistics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Linguistics Student Demographics at Brandeis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the linguistics majors at Brandeis University.

Brandeis Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Brandeis are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Linguistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in linguistics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Brandeis University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators 2,140 $55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 1,580 $84,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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