Linguistics at University of California - Davis

What traits are you looking for in a linguistics school? To help you decide if University of California - Davis is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's linguistics program.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and has a total student population of 39,074.

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

UC Davis Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UC Davis Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UC Davis 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UC Davis Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. UC Davis does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UC Davis, 63% 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 University of California - Davis with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Comparative Literature

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.