Linguistics at Indiana University - Bloomington

If you plan to study linguistics, take a look at what Indiana University - Bloomington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and approximately 43,064 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.

IU Bloomington Linguistics Degrees Available

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

IU Bloomington Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at IU Bloomington 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at IU Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at IU Bloomington since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at IU Bloomington 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 Indiana University - Bloomington with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

IU Bloomington Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. IU Bloomington does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from IU Bloomington, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services
• Comparative Literature

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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Bloomington.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,700
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	510	$72,500

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
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

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