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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you are interested in studying linguistics and comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440. Of the 5,421 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 7 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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 comparative literature students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its comparative literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Interpreters and Translators 9,310 $58,180
English Language and Literature Professors 6,470 $114,110
Social Scientists 4,950 $78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 2,700 $114,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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