Linguistics at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 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.

UMass Amherst Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UMass Amherst Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UMass Amherst 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 UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst 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. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UMass Amherst 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UMass Amherst Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UMass Amherst, 100% 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Language Translation
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.