Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College

If you are interested in studying linguistics and comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at Dartmouth College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Dartmouth.

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.

Dartmouth Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Dartmouth Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Dartmouth 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.

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from Dartmouth. This makes it the #59 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 comparative literature students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dartmouth, about 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Dartmouth Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

Of the 7 comparative literature students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Dartmouth, about 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in comparative literature each year. Dartmouth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a comparative literature master's degree from Dartmouth, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
High School Teachers	5,130	$61,510
English Language and Literature Professors	310	$85,140
Interpreters and Translators	90	$49,970
Social Scientists	50	$91,030

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.