Linguistics at Truman State University

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

Truman State is located in Kirksville, Missouri and has a total student population of 4,655.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics section at the bottom of this page.

Truman State Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics

Truman State Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Truman 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 Truman State

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

Truman State Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Truman State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Truman State 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 Truman State University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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

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 MO, the home state for Truman State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Interpreters and Translators	980	$62,610
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	230	$80,020

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 Derhai under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.