Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 comparative literature majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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.

USC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

USC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at USC 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 USC 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	23
	26
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Schools	279

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from USC. This makes it the #23 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 USC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

The comparative literature program at USC awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in comparative literature each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• East Asian Languages
• 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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