Linguistics & Comparative Literature at The University of Texas at El Paso

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at El Paso is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879.

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.

UTEP Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UTEP Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UTEP 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 UTEP

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

UTEP Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 The University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTEP Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at El Paso. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics	28

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,620	$71,920

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.