Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if Bryn Mawr College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

Bryn Mawr is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,634 students attend the school each year. Of the 351 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in 2021, 11 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.

Bryn Mawr Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Bryn Mawr Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how Bryn Mawr performed in these rankings.

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 Bryn Mawr 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	11
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	201

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Bryn Mawr

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

Bryn Mawr Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from Bryn Mawr in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Bryn Mawr 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 Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Romance Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature

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 PA, the home state for Bryn Mawr College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,590	$78,240
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Social Scientists	550	$83,400

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.