Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 22,205 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 56 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from UofM.

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.

UofM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UofM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UofM 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.

How Much Do Comparative Literature Graduates from UofM Make?

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at UofM is $23,216. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,684 for all comparative literature students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from UofM in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UofM since its program graduates 7% 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 Memphis with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Romance 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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
English Language and Literature Professors	1,100	$57,740
Interpreters and Translators	670	$43,550
Social Scientists	590	$61,800
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	340	$67,560

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.