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CIP PROGRAM: 16.0104
Comparative Literature.

Summary: A program that focuses on two or more literary traditions in the original languages or in translation. Includes instruction in comparative linguistics; applicable foreign languages; English/French language and literature; literary criticism; and applications to genre, period, national, and textual studies as well as literary forms such as poetry, prose, and drama.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 3 801 157
2021 10 735 145
2022 5 637 158
2023 1 625 170
2024 - 594 153
Change -66.67% -21.97% +8.28%

Related CIPs

16 FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
16.01 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
16.0101 Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
16.0102 Linguistics.
16.0103 Language Interpretation and Translation.
16.0104 Comparative Literature.
16.0105 Applied Linguistics.
16.0199 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Comparative Literature.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Barnard College4 -50.00%
Binghamton University5 -45.45%
Boston University2 -50.00%
Brandeis University3 -100.00%
Brown University14 -54.17%
Bryn Mawr College1 +50.00%
CUNY Brooklyn College1 -
CUNY Hunter College3 +66.67%
CUNY Lehman College2 -
CUNY Queens College1 -62.50%
California State University-Fullerton1 -
California State University-Long Beach14 -7.69%
Case Western Reserve University1 -
Clark University2 -50.00%
College of the Holy Cross1 -
Colorado College1 -66.67%
Columbia University in the City of New York43 +15.00%
Cornell University7 -64.71%
Dartmouth College3 -33.33%
Emory University5 -10.00%
Fordham University3 -
Georgetown University1 -
Harvard University9 -
Haverford College1 -85.71%
Hofstra University1 -
Indiana University-Bloomington2 -60.00%
Middlebury College6 -30.77%
New York University8 -36.36%
Northwestern University5 -50.00%
Oberlin College13 -18.18%
Occidental College23 +23.08%
Ohio Wesleyan University3 -75.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus6 -8.33%
Princeton University13 -13.33%
Reed College9 -8.33%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick2 -50.00%
San Diego State University9 +100.00%
San Francisco State University10 -33.33%
Smith College5 -
Stanford University12 -40.00%
The University of Texas at Dallas37 -26.09%
University of Arizona1 -
University of California-Berkeley25 +68.75%
University of California-Davis3 -60.00%
University of California-Irvine5 -44.44%
University of California-Los Angeles18 -46.43%
University of California-Merced1 -
University of California-Riverside1 -25.00%
University of California-Santa Barbara23 +76.47%
University of California-Santa Cruz105 -17.24%
University of Chicago1 +16.67%
University of Dallas2 -100.00%
University of Georgia7 +30.00%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst4 +14.29%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor8 -50.00%
University of Oregon14 -56.25%
University of Pennsylvania4 -16.67%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez10 -12.50%
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras25 -2.33%
University of Rochester6 -
University of San Francisco1 -100.00%
University of Southern California4 +100.00%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus4 -23.53%
Wellesley College2 -50.00%
Williams College11 +8.33%
Yale University17 +50.00%