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Linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study linguistics, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UIUC Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UIUC 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UIUC 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UIUC Linguistics Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in linguistics.

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

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Interpreters and Translators 1,970 $46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 870 $70,480

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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