Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from SPU.

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.

SPU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

SPU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at SPU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SPU 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 Schools	280

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from SPU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Social Scientists	760	$77,850
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	670	$67,950

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.