2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in Pennsylvania

A degree in linguistics & comparative literature is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #96 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

There was only one school in Pennsylvania to review for the 2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

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Best Schools for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in Pennsylvania

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the comparative literature degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Comparative Literature

1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded

$33,174 Median Starting Salary

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Linguistics & Comparative Literature degree recipients from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus receive an earnings boost of about $4,287 over the average income of linguistics & comparative literature graduates.

More information about a degree in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$27,410 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in linguistics & comparative literature has to take a look at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the comparative literature program state that they receive average early career earnings of $27,410.

More information about a degree in linguistics & comparative literature from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	333	537
Maryland	279	105
New Jersey	273	148
District of Columbia	188	56
Delaware	175	29

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature Related Rankings by Major

One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Linguistics & Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

Comparative Literature Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	138
Modern Languages	83
Comparative Literature	25
Language Translation	10

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Most Popular Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	705
East Asian Languages	116
American Sign Language	112
Classical Languages & Literature	102
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	94
Germanic Languages	75
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	28
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	2

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.

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