by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for linguistics & comparative literature students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 189 master's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The comparative literature master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for linguistics & comparative literature students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for linguistics & comparative literature students seeking a a master's degree.
It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
It's difficult to beat University of Chicago if you want to pursue a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Chicago
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature needs to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Indiana University - Bloomington is a good choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Indiana University - Bloomington
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Ohio State University - Main Campus
UWM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Milwaukee.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the comparative literature program make around $42,818 in the first couple years of their career.
More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Kent State University at Kent
Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Michigan State University
SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Carbondale.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Linguistics & Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics | 80 |
| Language Translation | 46 |
| Modern Languages | 34 |
| Applied Linguistics | 18 |
| Comparative Literature | 9 |
| Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services | 2 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Romance Languages | 137 |
| Germanic Languages | 30 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 22 |
| East Asian Languages | 21 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 20 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 6 |
| Second Language Learning | 6 |
| African Languages | 2 |
| South Asian Languages | 2 |
