Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165.

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.

UH Hilo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UH Hilo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UH Hilo 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 UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 UH Hilo since its program graduates 36% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Hawaii at Hilo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Linguistics	10

Related Majors

• Southeast Asian & Pacific 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
High School Teachers	4,310	$60,810
English Language and Literature Professors	440	$64,740
Social Scientists	300	$94,440
Interpreters and Translators	90	$45,580

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.