Foreign Languages & Linguistics at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

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

URI Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

URI Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Foreign Languages & 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.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the foreign languages & linguistics majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	64
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

The following foreign languages & linguistics concentations are available at University of Rhode Island. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	83
East Asian Languages	29
Germanic Languages	29
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	2
Classical Languages & Literature	2

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• English Language & Literature

Careers That Foreign Languages & Linguistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in foreign languages & 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
English Language and Literature Professors	330	$93,470
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	150	$85,670
Interpreters and Translators	110	$50,380

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.