2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in Illinois

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #122 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 12 doctor's degrees in comparative literature to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Comparative Literature School for Your Doctor's Degree

The comparative literature doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in Illinois ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of comparative literature students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for comparative literature.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Comparative Literature in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in comparative literature.

Most Well Attended Schools for Comparative Literature Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in comparative literature. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Illinois.

There were approximately 6 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in comparative literature needs to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Illinois.

There were roughly 4 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Chicago is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in comparative literature. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Illinois.

There were roughly 2 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from University of Chicago

Best Comparative Literature Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Comparative Literature Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	251	3
Indiana	199	8
Wisconsin	156	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Comparative Literature

One of 5 majors within the Linguistics & Comparative Literature area of study, Comparative Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	10

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. More about our data sources and methodologies.