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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and has a total student population of 12,860. In 2021, 12 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUE.

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.

SIUE Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

SIUE Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at SIUE 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.

Earnings of SIUE Comparative Literature Graduates

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUE is $36,196. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 36% higher than the national average of $26,684 for all comparative literature bachelor's degree recipients.

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Comparative Literature Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from SIUE in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

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

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Interpreters and Translators 1,970 $46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 870 $70,480
Social Scientists 650 $78,140

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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