Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 1,839 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.

Oxy Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Oxy Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Oxy 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 Oxy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the foreign languages & linguistics majors at Occidental College.

Oxy Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Oxy 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Occidental College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	16
Romance Languages	10
East Asian Languages	4

Related Majors

• English Language & Literature
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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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