Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of North Georgia

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

UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and approximately 19,793 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UNG.

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.

UNG Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UNG Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how UNG 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 UNG 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	53
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Basic Certificate Schools	58
	63

Earnings of UNG Comparative Literature Graduates

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNG is $28,933. This is 8% higher than $26,684, which is the national average for all comparative literature bachelor's degree recipients.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UNG

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

UNG Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UNG since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 North Georgia with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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 GA, the home state for University of North Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Social Scientists	2,060	$86,810
Interpreters and Translators	1,610	$55,670
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	470	$61,650

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.