Comparative Literature at University of California - Los Angeles

If you plan to study comparative literature, take a look at what University of California - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 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.

UCLA Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

UCLA Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at UCLA 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of comparative literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCLA Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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 University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in comparative literature.

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

Related Majors

• Linguistics
• Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.