Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Rochester Institute of Technology

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

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year.

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.

RIT Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

RIT Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at RIT 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 RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 RIT since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at RIT 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 Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Rochester Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	5

Related Majors

• American Sign Language

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 NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

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