Comparative Literature at Emory University

If you are interested in studying comparative literature, you may want to check out the program at Emory University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

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.

Emory Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature
• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature

Emory Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Emory 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 Emory

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at Emory University.

Emory Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical comparative literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Emory since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Emory University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Emory Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in comparative literature each year. Emory does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 66% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Emory University with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Linguistics

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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.