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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study linguistics and comparative literature, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

UIUC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UIUC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

71% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a master's degree in comparative literature from UIUC. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men.

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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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in comparative literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 9
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Interpreters and Translators 1,970 $46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 870 $70,480
Social Scientists 650 $78,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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