Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of California - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if University of California - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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.

UCLA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UCLA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UCLA 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.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA 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 UCLA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	24
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCLA Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in comparative literature each year. UCLA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in comparative literature.

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

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	80
Linguistics	45
Comparative Literature	22

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)
• Middle Eastern Semitic 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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