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Linguistics at West Virginia University

Linguistics at West Virginia University

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 West Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Linguistics

WVU Linguistics Rankings

Linguistics Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Linguistics Master’s Program

80% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of linguistics master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Virginia 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 0
White 0
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Interpreters and Translators 70 $38,590
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 60 $41,930

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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