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2025 Best Comparative Literature Schools
College Factual looked at 31 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Comparative Literature Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 941 degrees in comparative literature to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Comparative Literature School
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Comparative Literature Rankings by Degree Level
The comparative literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings , including this list of the Best Comparative Literature Schools. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location .
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Best Schools for Comparative Literature in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the comparative literature degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Schools in Comparative Literature
Any student pursuing a degree in comparative literature has to check out University of California - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 20 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in comparative literature. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in comparative literature needs to check out Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in comparative literature. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 15 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. This university ranks 13th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 127 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 15 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 10 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
- The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS ) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s ( College Scorecard ).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty .
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