Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

If you are interested in studying linguistics & comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497.

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.

UMBC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Comparative Literature (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UMBC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UMBC 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 UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 UMBC since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at UMBC 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	38

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Social Scientists	2,090	$98,920
English Language and Literature Professors	1,180	$73,490
Interpreters and Translators	1,120	$70,530
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	250	$78,960

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 Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.