Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Florida Atlantic University

If you plan to study linguistics & comparative literature, take a look at what Florida Atlantic University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

FAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at FAU 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 FAU

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

FAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in comparative literature each year. FAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

The following comparative literature concentations are available at Florida Atlantic University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Atlantic University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	44

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Interpreters and Translators	3,720	$49,300
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720
Social Scientists	1,540	$78,510
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	530	$86,580

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.