Foreign Languages & Linguistics at Wofford College

Every foreign languages & linguistics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the foreign languages & linguistics program at Wofford College stacks up to those at other schools.

Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,764.

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.

Wofford Foreign Languages & Linguistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Wofford Foreign Languages & Linguistics Rankings

The foreign languages & linguistics major at Wofford 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 Wofford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the foreign languages & linguistics majors at Wofford College.

Wofford Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of foreign languages & linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% 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 Wofford since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in foreign languages & linguistics at Wofford 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 Wofford College with a bachelor's in foreign languages & linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Foreign Languages & Linguistics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wofford College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Romance Languages	39
Germanic Languages	4
East Asian Languages	2

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• History
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences

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 SC, the home state for Wofford College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
English Language and Literature Professors	710	$70,130
Interpreters and Translators	460	$44,950
Social Scientists	180	$74,050
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	130	$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 PegasusRacer28 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.