Linguistics & Comparative Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a comparative literature school? To help you decide if Columbia University in the City of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's comparative literature program.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics & Comparative Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Columbia Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Linguistics & Comparative Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Linguistics & Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its comparative literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	17
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Linguistics & Comparative Literature

If you plan to be a comparative literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Comparative Literature	38
Modern Languages	2
Linguistics	1

Related Majors

• Germanic Languages
• Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
• Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
• East Asian Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature

Careers That Comparative Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in comparative literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

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