Linguistics B.A.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to describe fundamental characteristics of human language, structure, acquisition.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to accurately describe sounds of English & other languages, & analyze interactions of pronunciation with word & utterance structure.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to identify patterns in sound occurrence & pronunciation, & identify possible conditioning factors in linguistic structure.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to analyze the structure of sentences of a variety of types, in English & other languages.

5. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to investigate, analyze, & describe structures of unfamiliar languages.

6. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to present linguistic analyses in clear, coherent written form.

CAREERS LINGUISTICS B.A. GRADUATES PURSUE

Accent Coach
Copy Writer / Editor
Curriculum Developer
Foreign Language Instructor
Information/Library Services
Lexicographer
Linguist / Computational Linguist
Speech/Language Therapist
Teacher / TESOL Instructor
Test/Assessment Developer

SUCCESS RATES

86.5%

6-year graduation rate

3.94

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$85,901

10 years after graduation

$63,460

5 years after graduation

$31,253

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

69.6%

Working in New York

42.8%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering in the selected major as first-time, full-time students in a fall term and graduating by August 31 six years later. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected major if they entered as a freshman. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23) Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected major based on the 4-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Continuing education: the percent of students enrolled in a U.S. postsecondary institution, 2 years following graduation. National Student Clearinghouse, includes graduates from 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-2022)