Linguistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 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.

UNC Chapel Hill Linguistics Degrees Available

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

UNC Chapel Hill Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the linguistics majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UNC Chapel Hill 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNC Chapel Hill 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. UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill, 71% 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Comparative Literature
• Modern Languages

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Interpreters and Translators	1,770	$59,310
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	840	$65,540

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.