Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Southern Mississippi

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

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a total student population of 14,606.

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.

Southern Miss Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Southern Miss Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Southern Miss 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.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Mississippi with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

The following comparative literature concentations are available at University of Southern Mississippi. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern Mississippi. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	20

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 MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
English Language and Literature Professors	390	$57,250
Social Scientists	190	$70,590
Interpreters and Translators	140	$52,110
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	120	$59,690

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.