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Linguistics at Oakland University

Linguistics at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying linguistics, you may want to check out the program at Oakland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 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.

Oakland Linguistics Degrees Available

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

Oakland Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Oakland 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 Oakland

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

Oakland Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Oakland 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 Oakland 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 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Oakland Linguistics Master’s Program

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

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oakland 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 1
International Students 0
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 Oakland 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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