Major Overview for Linguistics

Colleges Browse California Majors Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics Linguistics

Overview for Linguistics A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, mathematical and computational linguistics, grammatical theory and theoretical linguistics, philosophical linguistics, philology and historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, phonetics, phonemics, dialectology, semantics, functional grammar and linguistics, language typology, lexicography, morphology and syntax, orthography, stylistics, structuralism, rhetoric, and applications to artificial intelligence. Careers for Linguistics Majors A major in Linguistics is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary - $65,280 Interpreters and Translators - $43,130

Top 19 California Colleges with the highest percentage of Linguistics among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

Add	Info	College Name	Degrees Awarded/ Percentage	Selectivity	Tuition
		California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA	18 (2.8%)
		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	38 (1.1%)		-
		Scripps College Claremont, CA	2 (1.1%)
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		University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	33 (0.6%)
		University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	43 (0.6%)
		University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	26 (0.5%)
		Pitzer College Claremont, CA	1 (0.4%)
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		University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	30 (0.4%)
		California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	14 (0.4%)
		Stanford University Stanford, CA	6 (0.4%)
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.