Comparative Literature at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

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.

NYU Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

NYU Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at NYU 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 NYU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NYU Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Linguistics
• Language Translation
• Modern Languages

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 New York University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.