2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 doctor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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

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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for linguistics & comparative literature students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Comparative Literature

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature has to take a look at University of Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Arizona

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature has to look into Arizona State University - Tempe. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Tempe.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	11
Arizona	119	16
New Mexico	59	2

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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	27
Comparative Literature	12
Applied Linguistics	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	39
East Asian Languages	6
Classical Languages & Literature	4
Germanic Languages	2
Middle Eastern Semitic 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.