Careers in Linguistics

The MS in Linguistics does not train students for a single job pipeline, but rather provides in-depth skills and knowledge that can be used in many careers. Our graduates currently work in careers such as the following, which have been taken directly from our Department LinkedIn page:

Digital Archivist, ESL Teacher, Educator, Data Research Analyst, HR Content Developer, Data Labeling Analyst, Lead Software Engineer, Academic Program Specialist, Cybersecurity Analyst, Bilingual Educator, Associate Director of Operations, Senior Engineer at Amgen, Editor, Production Analyst, Data Scientist at Exito, Faculty Developer, Attorney, AI Conversation Designer, ESL Coordinator at a major university, Data Analytics, Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft, Customer Service Representative, Interpreter, Proofreader and Editor, Market Research Project Manager, Linguist at Appen, Software Engineer, and more.

Further, our MS graduates regularly go on to prestigious PhD programs, such as: the City University of New York, Georgetown University, Rice University, University of Arizona, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Hawaii, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, and more.

We encourage our MS students to think carefully about the skills, methods, and knowledge they acquire in our program, and to then translate these to fit the needs of the jobs in which they are interested.

Lauren Gawne at the Superlinguo blog has interviewed dozens of Linguists around the world with questions about their careers and training. We encourage our current and future students to check them out!