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2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the New England Region

11 Colleges in the New England Region
566 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded
$39,817 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in linguistics & comparative literature is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #96 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 566 degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Linguistics & Comparative Literature School

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the New England Region The comparative literature program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Linguistics & Comparative Literature rankings. For our Best Overall Linguistics & Comparative Literature School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Comparative Literature
Master's Degrees in Comparative Literature
Doctor's Degrees in Comparative Literature

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 Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Linguistics & Comparative Literature in the New England Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the comparative literature degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top New England Region Schools in Comparative Literature

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$28,130 Median Starting Salary

Brown University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.

There were approximately 21 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the comparative literature program earn about $28,130 in the first couple years of working.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In MA
44 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded

Boston University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were about 44 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CT
40 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded

University of Connecticut is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in linguistics & comparative literature. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.

There were roughly 40 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.

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Any student who is interested in linguistics & comparative literature has to check out Brandeis University. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham. This university ranks 14th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 19 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent year we have data available. Those linguistics & comparative literature students who get their degree from Brandeis University receive $4,000 more than the average comparative literature graduate.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
83 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded
9.6% Growth in Graduates

UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.

There were roughly 83 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year. After graduation, comparative literature degree recipients generally make an average of $26,593 at the beginning of their careers.

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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$57,928 Median Starting Salary

Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Middlebury. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Middlebury is a great college overall.

There were roughly 7 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Middlebury in the most recent year we have data available. Those linguistics & comparative literature students who get their degree from Middlebury College make $18,112 more than the typical comparative literature student.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In RI

URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 4th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were approximately 2 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.

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Smith College
Northampton, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In MA
55.6% Growth in Graduates

Located in the suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 9 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent data year.

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Gordon College
Wenham, MA

Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Wenham. This college ranks 45th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 14 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Gordon College in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the comparative literature program earn an average of $36,992 for their early career.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
39 Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded
$45,440 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were roughly 39 linguistics & comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent year we have data available. Those linguistics & comparative literature students who get their degree from University of Massachusetts - Boston receive $5,624 more than the typical comparative literature graduate.

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Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges by State

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 285
Connecticut 241 122
New Hampshire 210 44
Maine 202 25
Rhode Island 200 24
Vermont 194 22

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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 268
Comparative Literature 136
Modern Languages 72
Applied Linguistics 43
Language Translation 31
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services 16

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Romance Languages 904
Classical Languages & Literature 184
East Asian Languages 161
Germanic Languages 123
American Sign Language 63
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 45
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 7
Celtic Language & Literature 3
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 3
Greek Language & Literature 1

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