2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in New Jersey

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Best Schools for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in New Jersey

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 New Jersey Schools in Comparative Literature

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded

$25,304 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in linguistics & comparative literature needs to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the comparative literature program report average early career income of $25,304.

More information about a degree in linguistics & comparative literature from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded

$23,789 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in linguistics & comparative literature needs to check out Montclair State University. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduating, comparative literature degree recipients usually make about $23,789 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a degree in linguistics & comparative literature from Montclair State University

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	334	207
New York	333	537
Maryland	279	105
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	96
Comparative Literature	24
Modern Languages	22
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	8
Language Translation	6

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Most Popular Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	249
American Sign Language	40
East Asian Languages	34
Classical Languages & Literature	32
Germanic Languages	27
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	9
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	4
Second Language Learning	1

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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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