Comparative Literature at Princeton University

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and approximately 7,853 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.

Princeton Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

Princeton Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at Princeton 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 Princeton since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Princeton Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Princeton 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	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
English Language and Literature Professors	2,420	$86,360

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 Quantockgoblin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.