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BA Linguistics

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Iowa

Program Overview

Linguists study the underlying principles of human languages. They are interested in understanding how children learn their native language without much instruction before they enter school and how people speak and understand sentences they have never heard before. Linguists also study language change through time. Some linguists study how damage at different locations in the brain causes different types of linguistic problems.

Program Key Stats

$43500 (Annual cost)



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Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

Academic records, Typical SAT scores (combined critical reading and math)- 1060-1267, ACT Composite 23-28, Average GPA 3.64, TOEFL: IBT-80, PBT-530, IELTS-6.5, PTE-53

Career Options

  • Linguistics majors have found work teaching English as a second language overseas
  • Unique teaching opportunities worth exploring include those with the Peace Corps and Teach For America
  • A number of companies
  • such as Microsoft
  • Xerox
  • Apple
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • and other high-tech firms
  • regularly hire employees with linguistics degrees
  • Opportunities also exist for government work
  • for example
  • as a special agent linguist for the FBI

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