Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Georgia State University

Every linguistics and comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at Georgia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 44 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgia State.

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.

Georgia State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Georgia State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how Georgia State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at Georgia State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools	22
Best Value Linguistics & Literature Schools	145

How Much Do Comparative Literature Graduates from Georgia State Make?

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $12,721. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,684 for all comparative literature students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

The comparative literature program at Georgia State awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• American Sign Language
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Social Scientists	2,060	$86,810
Interpreters and Translators	1,610	$55,670
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	470	$61,650

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.