Linguistics at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a linguistics school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's linguistics program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 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.

Purdue Linguistics Degrees Available

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

Purdue Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Purdue 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. Purdue does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Comparative Literature
• Modern Languages

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,700
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	510	$72,500

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.