Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 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.

PLU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

PLU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at PLU 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 PLU

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

PLU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% 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 PLU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

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

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

The following foreign languages & linguistics concentations are available at Pacific Lutheran University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific Lutheran University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	13
Germanic Languages	3
Classical Languages & Literature	1

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Professors	1,060	$74,330
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Social Scientists	760	$77,850

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.