Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Nebraska at Kearney

Every linguistics and 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 Nebraska at Kearney stacks up to those at other schools.

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and has a total student population of 6,225. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UNK.

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.

UNK Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UNK Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at UNK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at UNK 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
	55
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UNK

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

UNK Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 comparative literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNK. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UNK since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

UNK 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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Interpreters and Translators	790	$43,760
English Language and Literature Professors	320	$71,610
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	40	$64,840

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.