Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2021

500

declining 0.794%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$7,666

declining 3.38%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$48,062

declining 0.39%

Average Wage

$78,341

growing 5.98%

People in Workforce

499,161

growing 3.58%

Average Employee Age

43.9

declining 0.106%

About

In 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics degree recipients are Lake Arbor, MD, Statesboro, GA, and Seattle, WA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics degree recipients are West Point, NY, Oxnard, CA, and Statesboro, GA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is a bachelors degree.

Language & Linguistics Other Foreign Languages, Literature, & Linguistic Studies

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics and the types of students that study this field. University of Maryland Global Campus awards the most degrees in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics in the US, but Tulsa Community College and United States Military Academy have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

Tuition costs for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics majors are, on average, $7,666 for in-state public colleges, and $48,062 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (40 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (413 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, is Public, 4-year or above (413 completions in 2021).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,666

Median In-State Public

$48,062

Median Out of State Private

University of Maryland Global Campus has the most Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics degree recipients, with 73 degrees awarded in 2021.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Tulsa Community College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, with 1.03%.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics by year.

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Language & Linguistics graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $78,341 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.

The industry that employs the most Language & Linguistics majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Sound recording industries.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

$78,341

Average Wage in Workforce

± $2,965

5.98%

1 Year Growth

± 5.11%

The average salary for Language & Linguistics majors is $78,341 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Language & Linguistics majors.

Highest Paying Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

Highest Paying Pumas

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Language & Linguistics majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Language & Linguistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

The most common occupations Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Secondary school teachers.

Most Specialized

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Language & Linguistics majors working as Interpreters and translators, Proofreaders & copy markers, and Librarians and media collections specialists.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

The highest paid occupations by median income for Language & Linguistics majors are Surgeons, Sales engineers, and Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.

Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

499,161

2021 Workforce

± 17,317

3.58%

1 Year Growth

± 4.78%

The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 481,891 in 2020 to 499,161 in 2021.

The largest single share of Language & Linguistics graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (7.77%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Language & Linguistics by share of the total number of graduates.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

The most common industries that employ Language & Linguistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

The highest paying industries of Language & Linguistics majors, by average wage, are Sound recording industries, Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing , and Support activities for mining.

Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

499,161

2021 Workforce

± 17,317

3.58%

1 Year Growth

± 4.78%

The number of Language & Linguistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 481,891 in 2020 to 499,161 in 2021.

The industry which employs the most Language & Linguistics graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Language & Linguistics.

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Language & Linguistics majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Language & Linguistics majors.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Language & Linguistics in the United States.

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Language & Linguistics is 43.9.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Language & Linguistics degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Language & Linguistics (242 students).

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

43.9

Average Age in 2021

± 0.469 Years

0.106%

1 Year Change

± 1.53%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Language & Linguistics. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 32 years old, which represent 3.22% and 3.02% of the population, respectively.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics are Bachelors Degree, 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Associates Degree.

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Language & Linguistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (67.8%)

Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
242 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
118 degrees awarded
Asian
46 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination

White Female
83 degrees awarded
White Male
43 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
32 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is from the 2 Digit Course Language & Linguistics.

Most Common Countries of Origin

Mexico
9,642 degree recipients
Korea
7,282 degree recipients
China
7,233 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Belgium
10.5 times more than expected
Finland
6.07 times more than expected
USSR
5.85 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Belgium that hold Language & Linguistics degrees (10.5 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (9,642 degree recipients).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics majors need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Programming, Active Listening, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Learning, Instructing, Operations Analysis, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Time Management, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Science, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Technology Design is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Coordination, Service Orientation, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Technology Design, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.