2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #54 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for linguistics & comparative literature students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 doctor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on linguistics & comparative literature students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other linguistics & comparative literature students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for linguistics & comparative literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized linguistics & comparative literature related body.

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 doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools

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 Arizona 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 Arizona

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.

Top Arizona Schools for a Doctorate in Comparative Literature

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

11 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Arizona

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

13 Annual Graduates

Arizona State University - Tempe is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in linguistics & comparative literature from Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	11
New Mexico	59	2

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Linguistics & Comparative Literature Related Rankings by Major

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	22
Applied Linguistics	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	6
East Asian Languages	4

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.