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University of Rochester MA in Linguistics & Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at University of Rochester. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in comparative literature, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Comparative Literature from University of Rochester Cost?

University of Rochester Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at University of Rochester paid an average of $1,784 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,792	$49,792
Fees	$713	$713

Does University of Rochester Offer an Online MA in Comparative Literature?

University of Rochester does not offer an online option for its comparative literature master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the University of Rochester Online Learning page.

University of Rochester Master’s Student Diversity for Comparative Literature

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 10 master’s degrees in comparative literature handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in comparative literature in 2019-2020, 80.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 67.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 10.0% of comparative literature master’s degree recipients at University of Rochester in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	4
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Comparative Literature Focus Areas at University of Rochester

Linguistics & Comparative Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	5
Language Translation	3
Comparative Literature	2

References

*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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.