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The comparative literature major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Linguistics & Comparative Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, University of Pennsylvania handed out 19 bachelor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature. This is an increase of 27% over the previous year when 15 degrees were handed out.
In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from UPenn. This makes it the #83 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.
In addition, 10 students received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature in 2021, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of Pennsylvania.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from UPenn. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men.
The majority of bachelor's degree recipients in this major at UPenn are white. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 53% of students fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in comparative literature.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 10 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 2 |
Other Races | 2 |
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of comparative literature master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in comparative literature.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 1 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 3 |
Other Races | 0 |
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Romance Languages | 35 |
East Asian Languages | 30 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 13 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 8 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 6 |
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