2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region
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Degrees Awarded
$25,144
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Linguistics & Comparative Literature is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,539 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, linguistics and comparative literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,017 and had an average of $21,130 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 838 linguistics and comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,144 and $21,553 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 399 linguistics and comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 24 colleges that offer a degree in linguistics and comparative literature. That schools that top this list have a program in linguistics and comparative literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 24 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 24 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #3 spot on the list. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 27 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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Rice University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s comparative literature degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Cameron University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Lawton, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 23 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northern Arizona University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s comparative literature degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Austin Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Texas Tech University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Arizona came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 22 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Arizona Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Oral Roberts University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
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Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Baylor University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Lamar University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Lamar University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
With a ranking of #22, University of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s comparative literature degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M College Station Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
With a ranking of #24, University of Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the Southwest Region list. Irving, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s comparative literature degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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