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2023 Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree School for You

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is the #103 most popular major in the country with 1,748 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Linguistics & Comparative Literature program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in comparative literature at Purdue, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their doctor’s degree. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

Women make up 73% of the comparative literature majors at the school.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Great Lakes Region . UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 55% of the comparative literature majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in comparative literature at U-M, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Michigan State University Report

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in comparative literature at the school are women while 67% are male.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 20% of the comparative literature majors at the school.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

Kent State University at Kent landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. Kent State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

Of the 4 students majoring in comparative literature at Kent State, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for linguistics and comparative literature students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in comparative literature at UWM, 67% are male and 33% are female.

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics and comparative literature colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 46
Illinois 102
Ohio 50
Indiana 56
Wisconsin 24

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 1,304
Classical Languages & Literature 303
East Asian Languages 209
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 160
Germanic Languages 149

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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