Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Wellesley College

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if Wellesley College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Wellesley.

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.

Wellesley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Wellesley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks comparative literature programs across the country. The following shows how Wellesley performed in these rankings.

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 Wellesley 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
	18
Best Value Linguistics & Literature Schools	134
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Schools	276

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Wellesley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at Wellesley College.

Wellesley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in comparative literature from Wellesley in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

Wellesley also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for Wellesley College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890
Social Scientists	430	$80,210

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 Jared and Corin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.