Modern Languages at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a modern languages school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's modern languages program.

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 Modern Languages section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Modern Languages Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

SIUC Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern Languages. 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.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

65% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages 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 modern languages.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Linguistics

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern languages 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
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
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
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