Linguistics at University of California - Los Angeles

Every linguistics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the linguistics program at University of California - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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

UCLA Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UCLA Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UCLA 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

In the linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Comparative Literature
• Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services

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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.