Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and has a total student population of 26,782. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from SUNY Stony Brook.

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.

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Stony Brook 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 SUNY Stony Brook 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 Master’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Best Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from SUNY Stony Brook. This makes it the #83 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Comparative Literature Graduates from SUNY Stony Brook Make?

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Stony Brook is $26,263. 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 SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Stony Brook since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from SUNY Stony Brook in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

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

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

SUNY Stony Brook also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

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 Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.