Career Paths
What to do with a major in Linguistics?
Linguistics majors and minors pursue careers in a wide variety of fields, as the analytical and communication skills built through the study of Linguistics transfer to many areas. Recent Linguistics graduates have pursued careers in fields including:
- Information Technology, Software Engineering
- Research, Data Science
- Education
- Healthcare, Medicine, Speech-Language Pathology
- Law
- Consulting
- Marketing, Advertising, Media
- Publishing, Communications, Public Relations
Some students use the BA in Linguistics to prepare for professional schools, or clinical programs in:
- Business
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Law
- Library/Information Science
- Medicine
- Speech Pathology
Other students continue their study of Linguistics in MA and Ph.D. programs, either in Linguistics or related fields like:
- Anthropology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bilingual Education
- Cognitive Science
- Computer Science
- Music
- Philosophy
- Psychology