2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in the Southeast Region

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 reviewed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of comparative literature. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 doctor's degrees in comparative literature during the 2019-2020 academic year.

What's on this page: * Other Rankings

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Comparative Literature in the Southeast Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

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 the Southeast Region

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

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In GA

#2 Best Quality In GA

University of Georgia is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in comparative literature. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Georgia.

There were approximately 7 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.

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

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AR

#1 Best Quality In AR

University of Arkansas is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in comparative literature. UARK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Arkansas.

There were approximately 5 comparative literature individuals who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.

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

3

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In GA

#1 Best Quality In GA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Emory University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in comparative literature. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Georgia.

There were about 4 comparative literature individuals who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from Emory University

4

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In SC

#1 Best Quality In SC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in comparative literature. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in South Carolina.

There were roughly 3 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from University of South Carolina - Columbia

4

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In LA

#1 Best Quality In LA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in comparative literature. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in comparative literature in Louisiana.

There were approximately 3 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in comparative literature from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Best Comparative Literature Colleges by State

Explore the most popular comparative literature colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	6
Louisiana	140	2
South Carolina	130	1
Arkansas	73	5

View All Rankings >

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	14
Modern Languages	2

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.