Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 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.

U-M Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

U-M Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in comparative literature from U-M in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• East Asian Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	450	$75,020
Social Scientists	380	$75,380

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.