2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #54 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 96 doctor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2021-2022 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 doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 doctor'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 easy is it for linguistics & comparative literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools

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 Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Linguistics & Comparative Literature in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Comparative Literature

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

10 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from Cornell University

2

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Binghamton University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Binghamton University is a large public university located in the suburb of Vestal.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from Binghamton University

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best linguistics & comparative literature colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	17
New York	174	57
Maryland	119	14
New Jersey	115	12
District of Columbia	81	11
Delaware	53	3

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature Related Rankings by Major

One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Linguistics & Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

Comparative Literature Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	54
Comparative Literature	32
Language Translation	5
Modern Languages	3
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	105
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	19
Classical Languages & Literature	19
East Asian Languages	14
Germanic Languages	14
American Sign Language	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	4
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	3

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.