Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Marshall University

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

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 11,958 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.

Marshall University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Marshall University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Marshall University 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 Marshall University

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

Marshall University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Marshall University since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Marshall University 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 Marshall University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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 Marshall University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	13

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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050
English Language and Literature Professors	580	$53,790
Social Scientists	190	$73,480
Interpreters and Translators	70	$38,590
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	60	$41,930

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.