Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Alaska Anchorage

Every linguistics and 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 University of Alaska Anchorage stacks up to those at other schools.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a total student population of 11,953. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UAA.

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.

UAA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UAA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UAA 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 UAA

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

UAA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

The comparative literature program at UAA awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at UAA 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
High School Teachers	2,380	$77,920
Social Scientists	170	$74,550
Interpreters and Translators	90	$52,990

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.