Linguistics at University of Virginia - Main Campus

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

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a total student population of 25,628.

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

University of Virginia Linguistics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Linguistics

University of Virginia Linguistics Rankings

Linguistics Student Demographics at University of Virginia

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

University of Virginia Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. University of Virginia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from University of Virginia, 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 Virginia - Main Campus 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Interpreters and Translators	2,000	$70,770
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	940	$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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.