Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 1,875.

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.

Rhodes College Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Rhodes College Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Rhodes College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	11
Classical Languages & Literature	4
Germanic Languages	1

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• English Language & Literature
• 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 TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Professors	2,040	$53,390
English Language and Literature Professors	1,100	$57,740
Interpreters and Translators	670	$43,550
Social Scientists	590	$61,800

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.