Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Oberlin.

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.

Oberlin Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Oberlin Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at Oberlin 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 Schools	28
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	178

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 comparative literature students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oberlin, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Oberlin since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Germanic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• 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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
English Language and Literature Professors	2,740	$84,970
Interpreters and Translators	1,870	$58,380
Social Scientists	1,660	$77,450
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$70,140

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.