2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in New Jersey

If you plan on getting your master's degree in linguistics and comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of linguistics and comparative literature. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 master's degrees in linguistics and comparative literature during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Linguistics & Comparative Literature School for Your Master's Degree

The comparative literature master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in New Jersey ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality linguistics and comparative literature program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for linguistics and comparative literature.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Linguistics & Comparative Literature in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in linguistics and comparative literature.

Most Well Attended Schools for Comparative Literature Students Working on Their Master's

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Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

12 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Montclair State University is a popular option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in linguistics and comparative literature. Montclair State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Montclair. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in linguistics and comparative literature in New Jersey.

There were about 12 linguistics and comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent data year.

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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

5 Annual Master's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in linguistics and comparative literature needs to check out Princeton University. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Princeton.

There were about 5 linguistics and comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

2 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you wish to pursue a master's degree in linguistics and comparative literature. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in linguistics and comparative literature in New Jersey.

There were about 2 linguistics and comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.

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Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	249	174
Pennsylvania	238	28
Maryland	190	3
District of Columbia	151	33
Delaware	88	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 17 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Comparative Literature Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	12
Comparative Literature	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	38
East Asian Languages	9
Classical Languages & Literature	8
Germanic Languages	5
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1

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.