Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 77 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from USF Tampa.

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.

USF Tampa Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature

USF Tampa Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

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 USF Tampa 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
Best Value Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	45

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from USF Tampa. This makes it the #59 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 77 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Comparative Literature from USF Tampa 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 USF Tampa since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at USF Tampa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	40
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USF Tampa Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a master's degree in comparative literature from USF Tampa. About 14% were men and 86% were women.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USF Tampa 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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Interpreters and Translators	3,720	$49,300
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720
Social Scientists	1,540	$78,510
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	530	$86,580

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.