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Linguistics at Georgetown University

Linguistics at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 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.

Georgetown Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics
  • Master’s Degree in Linguistics

Georgetown Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Georgetown 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Georgetown Linguistics Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 19
International Students 10
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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 750 $72,050
Interpreters and Translators 490 $93,730

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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