Linguistics at Northeastern University

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

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

Northeastern Linguistics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics

Northeastern Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Northeastern 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.

Linguistics Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

64% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Northeastern 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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890

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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