Linguistics at The University of Texas at Arlington

If you plan to study linguistics, take a look at what The University of Texas at Arlington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and approximately 48,072 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.

UT Arlington Linguistics Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Linguistics (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics
• Master’s Degree in Linguistics

UT Arlington Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UT Arlington 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UT Arlington

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the linguistics majors at The University of Texas at Arlington.

UT Arlington Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Arlington 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. UT Arlington does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UT Arlington, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Modern Languages
• Language Translation

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,620	$71,920

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 Kllwiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.