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Other South Asian Languages

Types of Degrees Other South Asian Languages Majors Are Earning

People majoring in Other South Asian Languages have the option of earning degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Master’s Degree	15

What Other South Asian Languages Majors Need to Know

Programs in Other South Asian Languages build a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that Other South Asian Languages graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

This major prepares you for careers needing Other South Asian Languages emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Foreign Language — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.9 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Administrative — Importance 3.1 / 5; level 3.6 / 7.
• Sociology and Anthropology — Importance 2.8 / 5; level 3.5 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

Skills built by a Other South Asian Languages program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 3.9 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to Other South Asian Languages careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Speech Clarity — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, Other South Asian Languages graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.2 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.1 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.1 / 7
Thinking Creatively	4.0 / 7
Getting Information	3.9 / 7
Working with Computers	3.9 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	3.8 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	3.7 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	3.7 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	3.7 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by Other South Asian Languages professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
Google Docs	Word processing software	—
Learning management system LMS	Computer based training software	✓
Sakai CLE	Computer based training software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
Zoom	Video conferencing software	—
Audacity	Music or sound editing software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for Other South Asian Languages graduates include:

• Modern Languages Professor
• Russian Language Professor
• Biblical Languages Professor
• Spanish Professor
• Bilingual Teacher
• Hebrew Professor
• French Teacher
• Assistant Professor
• Language Teacher
• Chinese Instructor
• Lecturer
• Spanish Language Lecturer
• Teacher
• Italian Teacher
• Arabic Professor

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to Other South Asian Languages graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Doctoral degree	44.6%
Bachelor’s degree	26.8%
Master’s degree	21.8%
High school diploma or equivalent	3.1%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.7%
Post-master’s certificate	1.4%
Postsecondary certificate	0.5%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in Other South Asian Languages?

Gender Distribution

This field has a relatively balanced gender distribution: 52.6% women and 47.4% men among Other South Asian Languages graduates.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	10	52.6%
Men	9	47.4%

Online Other South Asian Languages Programs

Online study are documented by IPEDS for Other South Asian Languages. The table below shows how many graduates earned at least some of their coursework online (Distance-Ed Available) versus completing the entire program online (Distance-Ed Only).

Award Level	Distance-Ed Available	Distance-Ed Only
Master’s	1	0

^{Distance-Ed Only = degrees completed entirely online; Distance-Ed Available = degrees including at least some online coursework. Source: IPEDS Completions by Distance Education status.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.07
Bengali Language and Literature	16.0704
Hindi Language and Literature	16.0701
Punjabi Language and Literature	16.0705
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.0702
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.0700
Tamil Language and Literature	16.0706
Urdu Language and Literature	16.0707
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.0201
Albanian Language and Literature	16.0404
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.1001
American Sign Language (ASL)	16.1601

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.