Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Borough of Manhattan Community College

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

BMCC is located in New York, New York and approximately 22,496 students attend the school each year.

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.

BMCC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Comparative Literature

BMCC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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Comparative Literature Student Demographics at BMCC

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

BMCC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of comparative literature associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in comparative literature only graduates about 29% men each year. The program at BMCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

BMCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in comparative literature graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College with a associate's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.