Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Baylor University

If you plan to study linguistics and comparative literature, take a look at what Baylor University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from Baylor.

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.

Baylor Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Baylor Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at Baylor compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Linguistics & Comparative Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	280

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Baylor

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

Baylor Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Baylor. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Baylor are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Germanic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• 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 TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,620	$71,920

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 Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.