Linguistics at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782.

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

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics Degrees Available

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

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in linguistics, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Linguistics Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in linguistics each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 67% more men than average.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670

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 Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.