Linguistics & Comparative Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at San Diego State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in comparative literature, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at SDSU was ranked #139 on College Factual's Best Schools for comparative literature list. It is also ranked #13 in California.
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Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,978 | $1,978 |
Books and Supplies | $1,079 | $1,079 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,531 | $18,531 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,910 | $2,910 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at SDSU in Comparative Literature walked away with an average of $19,199 in student debt. That is 8% lower than the national average of $20,883.
comparative literature who receive their bachelor’s degree from SDSU make an average of $22,192 a year during the early days of their career. That is 13% lower than the national average of $25,589.
SDSU does not offer an online option for its comparative literature bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SDSU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 69.4% of the comparative literature students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 70.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature at SDSU in 2019-2020, 63.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 11 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics | 33 |
Comparative Literature | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to linguistics and comparative literature.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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East Asian Languages | 18 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 3 |
Germanic Languages | 2 |
Romance Languages | 96 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 3 |
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*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.
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