If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 66 bachelor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature to qualified students.
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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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 bachelor'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 easy is it for linguistics & comparative literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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It is difficult to beat Northern Arizona University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the comparative literature program report average early career earnings of $38,177.
Rankings in Majors Related to Comparative Literature
One of 18 majors within the Foreign Languages & Linguistics area of study, Linguistics & Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
