Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study foreign languages & linguistics, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics
Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Carnegie Mellon Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Foreign Languages & 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in foreign languages & linguistics, making the school the #99 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the foreign languages & linguistics majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Carnegie Mellon 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

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

Carnegie Mellon Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Program

100% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of foreign languages & linguistics master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in foreign languages & linguistics.

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

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

If you plan to be a foreign languages & linguistics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	10
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	7
East Asian Languages	2
Germanic Languages	2
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1

Careers That Foreign Languages & Linguistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in foreign languages & 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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,590	$78,240
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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