Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Connecticut

Every linguistics and comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at University of Connecticut stacks up to those at other schools.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and has a total student population of 27,215. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received their master's degree in comparative literature.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics & Comparative Literature section at the bottom of this page.

UCONN Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Doctorate Degree in Comparative Literature

UCONN Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UCONN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of Connecticut.

UCONN Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 comparative literature majors earned their master's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Connecticut with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Comparative Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in comparative literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
English Language and Literature Professors	690	$84,330
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560
Social Scientists	260	$77,930

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.