Linguistics & Comparative Literature at San Diego State University

If you are interested in studying linguistics and comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at San Diego State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 27 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.

SDSU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature

SDSU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at SDSU 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 Popular Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
	120
	139

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from SDSU. This makes it the #28 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Comparative Literature Graduates

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $22,508. 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 SDSU

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

SDSU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from SDSU in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SDSU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 comparative literature majors earned their master's degree from SDSU. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in comparative literature each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SDSU 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
• East Asian Languages
• 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.