Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Northern Arizona 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 Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,331 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2021, 23 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.

NAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Doctorate Degree in Comparative Literature

NAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at NAU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NAU 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
	118
Best Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134

Earnings of NAU Comparative Literature Graduates

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $22,554. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,684 for all comparative literature students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from NAU. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NAU also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Interpreters and Translators	2,940	$46,100
English Language and Literature Professors	900	$76,610
Social Scientists	470	$83,830
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	440	$69,820

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.