2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for linguistics & comparative literature students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 67 doctor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to linguistics & comparative literature students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of linguistics & comparative literature students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt linguistics & comparative literature students go into to obtain their doctor'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 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Linguistics & Comparative Literature in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Comparative Literature

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

13 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

10 Annual Graduates

Indiana University - Bloomington is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from Indiana University - Bloomington

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics & comparative literature schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	22
Michigan	149	18
Ohio	144	9
Indiana	132	31
Wisconsin	108	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Comparative Literature

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

Comparative Literature Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	37
Comparative Literature	15
Modern Languages	8
Applied Linguistics	3
Language Translation	2
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	66
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	22
East Asian Languages	15
Germanic Languages	12
Classical Languages & Literature	11
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	8
South Asian Languages	8
African Languages	2

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.