Linguistics at Wayne State University

If you plan to study linguistics, take a look at what Wayne State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year.

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

Wayne State Linguistics Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Wayne State 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.

Linguistics Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wayne State Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. Wayne State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from Wayne State, 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 Wayne State University with a master's in linguistics.

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

Related Majors

• Modern Languages

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	450	$75,020

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.