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

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Finding the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Benedictine University to be the most popular school for linguistics and comparative literature students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

Of the 27 students majoring in comparative literature at Benedictine U, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular linguistics and comparative literature schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in comparative literature at the school are women while 29% are male.

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

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

Of the 23 students majoring in comparative literature at Kent State, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 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 large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a very large student population.

About 54% of the students majoring in comparative literature at the school are women while 46% are male.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in comparative literature at Purdue, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

About 56% of the students majoring in comparative literature at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Northeastern Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree linguistics and comparative literature programs. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Chicago.

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

Full Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Northeastern Illinois University Report

Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for linguistics and comparative literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

Women make up 75% of the comparative literature majors at the school.

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#9

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

With a ranking of #9, Wayne State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for linguistics and comparative literature students working on their master’s degree. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

About 63% of the students majoring in comparative literature at the school are women while 38% are male.

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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 24 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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