Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Pomona College

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

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 1,475.

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.

Pomona Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Pomona Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Pomona 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 Pomona

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

Pomona Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 Pomona since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Pomona 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Foreign Languages & Linguistics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pomona College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	7
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	6
East Asian Languages	2

Related Majors

• English Language & Literature
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism

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 Pomona 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
• Image Credit: By Nostalgicwisdom under License

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