Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

If you are interested in studying linguistics and comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 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.

UWM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UWM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a master’s in comparative literature from UWM in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

Of the students who received a comparative literature master's degree from UWM, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Romance Languages

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Interpreters and Translators	1,070	$50,750
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,340
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	440	$73,400
Social Scientists	250	$73,870

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.