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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Northeastern University

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Northeastern University

If you are interested in studying linguistics and comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at Northeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from Northeastern.

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.

Northeastern Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Northeastern Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Northeastern 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 Northeastern

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

Northeastern Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Northeastern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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

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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
English Language and Literature Professors 2,780 $80,450
Interpreters and Translators 2,140 $55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 1,580 $84,890
Social Scientists 430 $80,210

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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