Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Yale.

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.

Yale Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

Yale Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The comparative literature major at Yale 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Linguistics & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Linguistics & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from Yale. This makes it the #7 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 comparative literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from Yale. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in comparative literature at Yale are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Yale Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in comparative literature from Yale. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in comparative literature each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Yale also has a doctoral program available in comparative literature. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• 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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
English Language and Literature Professors	690	$84,330
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560
Social Scientists	260	$77,930

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.