Linguistics & Comparative Literature at SUNY Oswego

If you plan to study linguistics and comparative literature, take a look at what SUNY Oswego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and has a total student population of 7,636. Of the 1,702 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in 2021, 5 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.

SUNY Oswego Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

SUNY Oswego Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at SUNY Oswego 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 Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Schools	296

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at SUNY Oswego

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at SUNY Oswego.

SUNY Oswego Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 comparative literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Oswego. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at SUNY Oswego 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 SUNY Oswego with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Romance Languages
• Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)

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 SUNY Oswego.

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 Lordvaluemart under License

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