Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Duke University

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

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.

Duke Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Duke Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Duke 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 Duke

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

Duke Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics	17
Modern Languages	16

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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080
Interpreters and Translators	1,770	$59,310
Social Scientists	1,130	$73,420
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	840	$65,540

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
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