Linguistics & Comparative Literature at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,926 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 10 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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how UT Rio Grande Valley performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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
Best Value Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	29
	133

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

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in comparative literature from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Rio Grande Valley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in comparative literature from UT Rio Grande Valley. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Second Language Learning
• 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 Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.