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Filipino/Tagalog Languages

Types of Degrees Filipino/Tagalog Languages Majors Are Earning

Students pursuing Filipino/Tagalog Languages may pursue degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Bachelor’s Degree	9
Master’s Degree	3

What Filipino/Tagalog Languages Majors Need to Know

Programs in Filipino/Tagalog Languages emphasize a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that Filipino/Tagalog Languages graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in Filipino/Tagalog 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 emphasized by a Filipino/Tagalog 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 Filipino/Tagalog 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, Filipino/Tagalog 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 Filipino/Tagalog Languages professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Zoom	Video conferencing software	—
Adobe PageMaker	Desktop publishing software	—
Adobe Photoshop	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
Google Docs	Word processing software	—
Computer assisted language learning CALL software	Foreign language software	—
Course management system software	Computer based training software	—

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

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for Filipino/Tagalog Languages graduates include:

• University Faculty Member
• Arabic Instructor
• College Professor
• Chinese Language Professor
• Biblical Languages Professor
• Instructor
• Spanish Instructor
• ESL Instructor (English as a Second Language Instructor)
• Greek Professor
• Foreign Languages Professor
• Chinese Teacher
• Program Instructor
• Italian Teacher
• Russian Teacher
• English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher (ESOL Teacher)

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to Filipino/Tagalog 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 Filipino/Tagalog Languages?

Gender Distribution

This field has a relatively balanced gender distribution: 58.3% women and 41.7% men among Filipino/Tagalog Languages graduates.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	7	58.3%
Men	5	41.7%

Related Programs

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

Program	CIP Code
Southeast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	16.14
Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.1401
Burmese Language and Literature	16.1403
Hawaiian Language and Literature	16.1409
Indonesian/Malay Languages and Literatures	16.1402
Khmer/Cambodian Language and Literature	16.1405
Lao Language and Literature	16.1406
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	16.1499
Southeast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	16.1400
Thai Language and Literature	16.1407
Vietnamese Language and Literature	16.1408
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16.0201

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.