Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Transylvania University

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

Transylvania is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 963.

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.

Transylvania Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Transylvania Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Transylvania 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 Transylvania

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

Transylvania 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 Transylvania since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Transylvania 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 Transylvania University with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

If you plan to be a foreign languages & linguistics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Transylvania University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	7
Germanic Languages	2
Classical Languages & Literature	1

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Communication & Journalism

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 KY, the home state for Transylvania University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Professors	890	$50,500
English Language and Literature Professors	800	$66,030
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Social Scientists	340	$71,870

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 TUPictures under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.