Linguistics at University of Kentucky

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 Kentucky stacks up to those at other schools.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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

UK Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UK Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UK 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.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UK Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 47% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UK, 60% 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 Kentucky with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Modern Languages
• 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	210	$67,020

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.