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Linguistics at Michigan State University

Linguistics at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 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.

Michigan State Linguistics Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Michigan State 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
9% 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 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Michigan 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Michigan State Linguistics Master’s Program

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

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

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

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Interpreters and Translators 870 $41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 450 $75,020

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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