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Comparative Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York

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 has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia Comparative Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Columbia Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 14
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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
English Language and Literature Professors 7,700 $92,170

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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