Linguistics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Every linguistics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the linguistics program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 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.

SIUC Linguistics Degrees Available

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

SIUC Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at SIUC 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 SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the linguistics majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SIUC Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	870	$70,480

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.