Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Iowa State University

What traits are you looking for in a foreign languages & linguistics school? To help you decide if Iowa State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's foreign languages & linguistics program.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year.

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.

Iowa State Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Iowa State Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Iowa State 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.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	50
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	63
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	18

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• English Language & Literature

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Professors	2,250	$71,300
English Language and Literature Professors	910	$84,130
Interpreters and Translators	630	$37,840
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	310	$76,110

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.