Skip Navigation
Search

Linguistics M.A.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to analyze aspects of the sound structure (phonology) and sentence structure (syntax) of linguistic data; exhibit familiarity with standard theories and analytical machinery in those empirical domains, e.g. rewrite rules, phrase structure trees, or optimality theoretic tableaux; interpret and leverage fundamental results from the primary literature in phonology and syntax to gain a deeper understanding of language.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to employ advanced methods and analytical techniques from at least one core area of linguistics covered in our M.A. program: computational linguistics, historical linguistics, or one of the main areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics); critically engage with current work in at least one of these areas; make supervised contributions to the body of knowledge in at least one of these areas, e.g. in the form of a research internship.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to design and carry out, with the guidance of a supervisor, small research projects of limited scope that build on and engage with findings from the primary literature; choose appropriate research methods, with the guidance for a supervisor, for the phenomenon they are investigating; conduct their researchin a manner that meets current standards of research ethics; disseminate their research findings in writing.

SUCCESS RATES

100.0%

3-year graduation rate

2.78

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

$97,632

10 years after graduation

$78,217

5 years after graduation

$58,829

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

41.9%

Working in New York

42.9%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the master’s program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 three years later. Methodology is parallel to AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. 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 program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-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. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 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. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024