Linguistics at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 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.

UCSB Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UCSB Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UCSB 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	16
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCSB Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
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 - Santa Barbara.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.