Linguistics at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 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.

Yale Linguistics Degrees Available

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

Yale Linguistics Rankings

The linguistics major at Yale 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 Yale

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

Yale Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of linguistics bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Yale 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in linguistics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Yale Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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

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

Related Majors

• Comparative Literature
• 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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.