by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 26 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,271 bachelor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature to qualified students.
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Your choice of linguistics & comparative literature for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. 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 bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges 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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for linguistics & comparative literature students working on their bachelor's degree.
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The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
It's difficult to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the comparative literature program make an average of $30,205 for their early career.
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It's difficult to beat Virginia Tech if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.
Those linguistics & comparative literature students who get their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech receive $6,545 more than the standard comparative literature grad.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the comparative literature program report average early career wages of $24,658.
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Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Emory University
Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the linguistics & comparative literature program at James Madison University get $14,278 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the comparative literature program earn an average of $31,713 in the first couple years of their career.
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Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the linguistics & comparative literature program at North Carolina State University make $3,255 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the comparative literature program earn an average of $17,864 in the first couple years of working.
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William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics & comparative literature from William & Mary
Explore the best linguistics & comparative literature schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 225 | 197 |
| Georgia | 224 | 209 |
| Tennessee | 220 | 217 |
| North Carolina | 213 | 217 |
| Virginia | 213 | 302 |
| South Carolina | 195 | 72 |
| Kentucky | 187 | 35 |
| Alabama | 184 | 99 |
| Louisiana | 171 | 54 |
| Mississippi | 169 | 69 |
| Arkansas | 167 | 52 |
| West Virginia | 147 | 14 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Modern Languages | 981 |
| Linguistics | 229 |
| Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services | 45 |
| Comparative Literature | 12 |
| Language Translation | 2 |
| Applied Linguistics | 2 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Romance Languages | 1,679 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 213 |
| Germanic Languages | 118 |
| East Asian Languages | 100 |
| American Sign Language | 84 |
| Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) | 75 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 51 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 26 |