2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

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.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on linguistics & comparative literature students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other linguistics & comparative literature students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt linguistics & comparative literature students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized linguistics & comparative literature related body.

Our complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools

The comparative literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Linguistics & Comparative Literature in Arkansas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Comparative Literature

1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

11 Annual Graduates

University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

17 Annual Graduates

University of Central Arkansas is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Central Arkansas

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
West Virginia	147	14

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature Related Rankings by Major

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Comparative Literature Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Modern Languages	28
Linguistics	11

Most Popular Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	65
Germanic Languages	15
American Sign Language	6
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	4
Classical Languages & Literature	4

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. More about our data sources and methodologies.