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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Iowa State University

Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Iowa State University

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if Iowa State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 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.

Iowa State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Iowa State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Iowa 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.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

If you plan to be a comparative literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics 18

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
English Language and Literature Professors 910 $84,130
Interpreters and Translators 630 $37,840
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 310 $76,110

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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