Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UW Seattle.

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.

UW Seattle Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at UW Seattle 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
	41

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in comparative literature from UW Seattle. This is the #127 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Comparative Literature Graduates from UW Seattle Make?

The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $33,546. This is 26% higher than $26,684, which is the national average for all comparative literature bachelor's degree recipients.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UW Seattle. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Germanic Languages
• Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Interpreters and Translators	880	$48,560
Social Scientists	760	$77,850
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	670	$67,950

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.