by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is South Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
South Asian Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of Chicago. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in South Asian, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UChicago was $2,010 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $60,300 | $60,300 |
| Fees | $1,248 | $1,248 |
UChicago does not offer an online option for its South Asian doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UChicago Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.3% of the South Asian students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.7% of the South Asian doctor’s degrees at UChicago in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
South Asian Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| South Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to South Asian languages.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 5 |
| East Asian Languages | 6 |
| Germanic Languages | 3 |
| Romance Languages | 7 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 9 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.