by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 master's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The comparative literature master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 colleges for linguistics & comparative literature students working on their master's degree.
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 Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.
Boston University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Boston University
University of Connecticut is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Connecticut
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature needs to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Massachusetts Amherst
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature has to check out University of Massachusetts - Boston. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the comparative literature program make an average of $45,440 in their early career salary.
More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Massachusetts - BostonExplore the best linguistics & comparative literature schools for a specific state in the New England Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 222 | 72 |
| Connecticut | 153 | 54 |
| Rhode Island | 127 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 108 | 11 |
One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Linguistics & Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Applied Linguistics | 43 |
| Modern Languages | 34 |
| Comparative Literature | 33 |
| Linguistics | 27 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Romance Languages | 94 |
| Classical Languages & Literature | 24 |
| East Asian Languages | 12 |
| Germanic Languages | 8 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 3 |
| Celtic Language & Literature | 2 |
| Greek Language & Literature | 1 |
| Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 1 |
