Linguistics at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a total student population of 37,437.

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

CU - Boulder Linguistics Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at CU - Boulder 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at CU - Boulder 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 University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CU - Boulder Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. CU - Boulder does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Interpreters and Translators	1,440	$70,050
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	510	$65,040

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.