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Linguistics at University of South Carolina - Columbia

Linguistics at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470.

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

UofSC Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Linguistics

UofSC Linguistics Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Linguistics Master’s Program

86% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from UofSC, 57% 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in linguistics.

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

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Interpreters and Translators 460 $44,950
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 130 $68,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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