Applied Linguistics

Liberal Arts • Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

What is it about?

A program that focuses on language-related concerns in the everyday world, including language education, acquisition of first and additional languages, discourse analysis, language assessment, literacy, and language policy and planning. Includes instruction in linguistic theory; language teaching and learning; discourse analysis; language and cognition; and language, culture, and identity.

Numbers at a glance

802nd
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
4
Colleges offer it
13
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
4
Women
9

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of California-Santa Cruz8
University of Idaho2
University of California-Irvine1
Average public university graduating class: 4 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Mid-Atlantic Christian University2
Average private university graduating class: 2 students.

O's Insights on Applied Linguistics

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 85% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Linguistics 2,075 128
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 1,737 138
Comparative Literature 677 70