Linguistics & Comparative Literature at The University of Alabama

Every linguistics & comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at The University of Alabama stacks up to those at other schools.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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.

UA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UA 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.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

If you plan to be a comparative literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	39

Related Majors

• Germanic 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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
English Language and Literature Professors	930	$58,690
Interpreters and Translators	250	$40,510
Social Scientists	220	$84,890
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	140	$58,720

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.