Language Translation at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318.

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

Iowa Language Translation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Language Translation
• Master’s Degree in Language Translation

Iowa Language Translation Rankings

Language Translation Student Demographics at Iowa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the language translation majors at University of Iowa.

Iowa Language Translation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of language translation master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in language translation each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a master's in language translation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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

Careers That Language Translation Grads May Go Into

A degree in language translation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Interpreters and Translators	630	$37,840
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	310	$76,110

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.