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2023 Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region

27 Colleges
$27,830 Avg Salary
$22,996 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for comparative literature majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the most popular school for linguistics and comparative literature students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 5 spot on the list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for linguistics and comparative literature students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics and comparative literature schools 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 27 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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