Linguistics & Comparative Literature at University of Wisconsin - River Falls

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

UW - River Falls is located in River Falls, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 5,855. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UW - River Falls.

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 - River Falls Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

UW - River Falls Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the comparative literature progam at UW - River Falls 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 UW - River Falls 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	81
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Schools	227

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UW - River Falls

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

UW - River Falls Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UW - River Falls. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% 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 - River Falls since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Wisconsin - River Falls with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - River Falls 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - River Falls.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Interpreters and Translators	1,070	$50,750
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,340
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	440	$73,400
Social Scientists	250	$73,870

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.