African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at University of Wisconsin - Madison

If you plan to study african languages, literatures, & linguistics, take a look at what University of Wisconsin - Madison has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year.

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

UW - Madison African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Master’s Degree in African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

UW - Madison African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Rankings

The african languages, literatures, and linguistics major at UW - Madison is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African Languages, Literatures, & 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in african languages, literatures, and linguistics, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Student Demographics at UW - Madison

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the african languages, literatures, and linguistics majors at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

UW - Madison African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of african languages, literatures, and linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical african languages, literatures, and linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Madison since its program graduates 42% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in african languages, literatures, and linguistics at UW - Madison 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in african languages, literatures, and linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Madison African Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of african languages, literatures, and linguistics master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the african languages, literatures, and linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a master's in african languages, literatures, and linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in african languages, literatures, and 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Interpreters and Translators	1,070	$50,750
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	440	$73,400

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 Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.