Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Hawaii at Hilo

If you plan to study linguistics and comparative literature, take a look at what University of Hawaii at Hilo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. Of the 632 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo 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.

UH Hilo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UH Hilo Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how UH Hilo performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UH Hilo. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

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.