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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Rice University

Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Rice Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Rice 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 Rice

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

Rice Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics 7

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Interpreters and Translators 5,460 $58,650
English Language and Literature Professors 5,380 $75,720
Social Scientists 1,970 $80,430
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 1,620 $71,920

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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