Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Longwood University

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

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and approximately 4,841 students attend the school each year. Of the 777 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Longwood University in 2021, 11 of them were linguistics and comparative literature majors.

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.

Longwood Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Longwood Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at Longwood 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	201

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 comparative literature students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Longwood, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Longwood 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 Longwood University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Social Scientists	4,050	$110,090
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Interpreters and Translators	2,000	$70,770
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	940	$68,850

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.