Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Bennington College

Every linguistics and comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at Bennington College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and has a total student population of 799. Of the 227 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bennington College in 2021, 3 of them were linguistics and comparative literature majors.

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.

Bennington Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Bennington Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at Bennington 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 Bennington 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 Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	230
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	321

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 comparative literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bennington. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Bennington 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 Bennington College with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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

Related Majors

• Romance Languages
• East Asian 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 VT, the home state for Bennington College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
High School Teachers	2,130	$65,850
Interpreters and Translators	120	$46,270
Social Scientists	70	$81,360

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 Jared C. Benedict. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.