Linguistics at Indiana University - Bloomington

Every linguistics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the linguistics program at Indiana University - Bloomington stacks up to those at other schools.

IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and has a total student population of 43,064.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics section at the bottom of this page.

IU Bloomington Linguistics Degrees Available

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

IU Bloomington Linguistics Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at IU Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. IU Bloomington does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a linguistics master's degree from IU Bloomington, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services
• Comparative Literature

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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Bloomington.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,700
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	510	$72,500

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.