Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,671 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Northwest in 2021, 4 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.

Purdue Northwest Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Purdue Northwest Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Interpreters and Translators	870	$41,700
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	510	$72,500
Social Scientists	180	$82,010

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.