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Harvard University MA in Comparative Literature

Comparative Literature is a concentration offered under the linguistics and comparative literature major at Harvard University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in comparative literature, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Related Majors
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Comparative Literature from Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Harvard was $1,545 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online MA in Comparative Literature?

Online degrees for the Harvard comparative literature master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Comparative Literature

There were 5 master’s degrees in comparative literature awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in comparative literature in 2019-2020, 40.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 64.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a master’s degree at Harvard in comparative literature at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Majors Related to a MA in Comparative Literature From Harvard

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to comparative literature.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Modern Languages	2
Linguistics	2

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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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.