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Linguistics at San Jose State University

Linguistics at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying linguistics, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 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.

San Jose State Linguistics Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at San Jose State 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.

Linguistics Student Demographics at San Jose State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the linguistics majors at San Jose State University.

San Jose State Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its linguistics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

San Jose State Linguistics Master’s Program

71% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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In the linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a master's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators 9,310 $58,180
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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