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Linguistics at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Linguistics at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 24,565.

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

UWM Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics
  • Master’s Degree in Linguistics

UWM Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at UWM 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.

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 UWM

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

UWM Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UWM since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at UWM 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 - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in linguistics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UWM Linguistics Master’s Program

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

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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