Language & Linguistics
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Language & Linguistics degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Austin, TX. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Language & Linguistics degree recipients are Santa Fe, NM, Middlebury, VT, and Grinnell, IA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Language & Linguistics is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Language & Linguistics and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in Language & Linguistics in the US, but St. John's College (245652) and Gallaudet University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics.
Tuition costs for Language & Linguistics majors are, on average, $8,338 for in-state public colleges, and $48,062 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Language & Linguistics programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (575 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (20,074 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics, is Public, 4-year or above (20,074 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Language & Linguistics programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most Language & Linguistics degree recipients, with 474 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics.
Out of all institutions that offer Language & Linguistics programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, St. John's College (245652) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics, with 30.9%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Language & Linguistics.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Language & Linguistics graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $78,341 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Language & Linguistics majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Sound recording industries.
The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $78,341 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Language & Linguistics majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Language & Linguistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Language & Linguistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Language & Linguistics majors working as Interpreters and translators, Proofreaders & copy markers, and Librarians and media collections specialists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Language & Linguistics majors are Surgeons, Sales engineers, and Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.
The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 481,891 in 2020 to 499,161 in 2021.
The largest single share of Language & Linguistics graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (7.77%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Language & Linguistics by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.
The highest paying industries of Language & Linguistics majors, by average wage, are Sound recording industries, Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing , and Support activities for mining.
The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 481,891 in 2020 to 499,161 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Language & Linguistics graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Language & Linguistics.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Language & Linguistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Language & Linguistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Language & Linguistics in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Language & Linguistics is 43.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Language & Linguistics degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Language & Linguistics (17,015 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Language & Linguistics. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 32 years old, which represent 3.22% and 3.02% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Language & Linguistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Language & Linguistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Language & Linguistics.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Language & Linguistics for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Language & Linguistics.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Belgium that hold Language & Linguistics degrees (10.5 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (9,642 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Language & Linguistics field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Language & Linguistics majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Language & Linguistics majors need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Programming, Active Listening, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Learning, Instructing, Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Time Management, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Science, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Language & Linguistics majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Technology Design is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Coordination, Service Orientation, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Programming, Technology Design, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.