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Linguistics at San Diego State University

Linguistics at San Diego State University

If you are interested in studying linguistics, you may want to check out the program at San Diego State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU Linguistics Degrees Available

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

SDSU Linguistics Rankings

Linguistics Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Linguistics Master’s Program

43% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

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In the linguistics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Interpreters and Translators 9,310 $58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 2,700 $114,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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