Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,024 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 2021, 13 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.

Old Dominion Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Old Dominion Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

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 Old Dominion 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
	101

How Much Do Comparative Literature Graduates from Old Dominion Make?

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $26,183. This is less than $26,684, which is the national average of all comparative literature majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 comparative literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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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 Old Dominion 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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.