Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

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

WKU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

WKU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Foreign Languages & 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.

Foreign Languages & Linguistics Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the foreign languages & linguistics majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at WKU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

The following foreign languages & linguistics concentations are available at Western Kentucky University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	29
East Asian Languages	22
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	8
Germanic Languages	1

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• English Language & Literature

Careers That Foreign Languages & Linguistics Grads May Go Into

A degree in foreign languages & 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Professors	890	$50,500
English Language and Literature Professors	800	$66,030
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Social Scientists	340	$71,870

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.