2025 Best Comparative Literature Schools in New York
4Colleges in New York
127Comparative Literature Degrees Awarded
A degree in comparative literature is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #434 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of comparative literature. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 degrees in comparative literature annually.
Your choice of comparative literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Comparative Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 in New York.
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Best Schools for Comparative Literature in New York
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the comparative literature degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in comparative literature needs to look into Columbia University in the City of New York. Located in the large 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 approximately 35 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Cornell University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in comparative literature. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Binghamton University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in comparative literature. Located in the suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 11 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent data year.
Lehman College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in comparative literature. Lehman is a large public college located in the city of Bronx. This college ranks 81st out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 1 comparative literature students who graduated with this degree at Lehman in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of comparative literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Comparative Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
