Linguistics & Comparative Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in comparative literature, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 UIUC was ranked #68 on College Factual's Best Schools for comparative literature list. It is also ranked #4 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for UIUC.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UIUC was $1,079 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $605 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $14,317 | $33,824 |
Fees | $2,896 | $2,896 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,252 | $12,252 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,500 | $2,500 |
Learn more about UIUC tuition and fees.
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. Comparative Literature students who received their bachelor’s degree at UIUC took out an average of $16,000 in student loans. That is 23% lower than the national average of $20,883.
Online degrees for the UIUC comparative literature bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.0% of the comparative literature students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.5%.
Around 28.0% of comparative literature bachelor’s degree recipients at UIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 17 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics | 23 |
Comparative Literature | 2 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to linguistics and comparative literature.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 4 |
Romance Languages | 62 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 2 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.