"What Can I Do with a Major In LINGUISTICS?"


The following table lists a sample of the career options available to students graduating with an interdisciplinary degree in linguistics.  Clicking on a career that appears in hypertext will take you to information about that profession or one closely related. Use the links appearing at the bottom of this page to research additional careers not listed in the table.  NOTE:  Additional education may be required to be qualified for some of these occupations.

Account Executive Anthropologist   Archaeologist
Audiologist Code Breaker College or University Faculty
Consultant (cross-cultural relations) Corporate Communications Consultant Corporate Trainer
Curriculum Developer, Phonetics/Language Instruction Editor   ESL (English as a 2nd Language) Instructor
FBI Agent Government Research Analyst   Grant Writer
Historian Journalist Lawyer
Legislative Assistant Lexicographer Librarian, Special / Academic
Linguist Lobbyist Marketing Specialist
Mediator Non-Profit Agency Director   Operations Research Analyst
Public Relations Specialist   Publisher   Robotics Designer
Sign-Language Interpreter   Social Science Researcher   Sound Engineering Technician
Software Programmer Speech Pathologist   Surveillance
Teacher Translator / Interpreter   Website Designer
Writer