Linguistics at University of Oregon

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying linguistics, you may want to check out the program at University of Oregon. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UO is located in Eugene, Oregon and has a total student population of 21,752.

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

UO Linguistics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics

UO Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UO 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 UO

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

UO Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

48% Women

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UO since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UO 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 Oregon with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 OR, the home state for University of Oregon.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Interpreters and Translators	1,210	$50,090
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	470	$72,020

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
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