Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of California - Santa Cruz

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 University of California - Santa Cruz stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 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.

UC Santa Cruz Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UC Santa Cruz 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	84
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UC Santa Cruz Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

67% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a comparative literature master's degree from UC Santa Cruz, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

The following comparative literature concentations are available at University of California - Santa Cruz. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Cruz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Comparative Literature	154
Linguistics	35
Applied Linguistics	19
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	18

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 - Santa Cruz.

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
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