Linguistics at University of Georgia

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 Georgia stacks up to those at other schools.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147.

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

UGA Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UGA Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UGA 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UGA Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. UGA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UGA, 86% 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 Georgia with a master's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Interpreters and Translators	1,610	$55,670
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	470	$61,650

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.