Comparative Literature at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Comparative Literature Degrees Available

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

USC Comparative Literature Rankings

The comparative literature major at USC 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Comparative Literature Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in comparative literature.

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

USC Comparative Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in comparative literature each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Language Translation
• Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services
• 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.