Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Western Illinois University

Every linguistics & comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at Western Illinois University stacks up to those at other schools.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

WIU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% 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 WIU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Modern Languages	10

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	870	$70,480
Social Scientists	650	$78,140

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.