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The bachelor's program at UC Santa Cruz was ranked #30 on College Factual's Best Schools for comparative literature list. It is also ranked #8 in California.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, University of California - Santa Cruz handed out 216 bachelor's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature. This is a decrease of 7% over the previous year when 233 degrees were handed out.
In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in comparative literature from UC Santa Cruz. This makes it the #63 most popular school for comparative literature master’s degree candidates in the country.
In addition, 4 students received their doctoral degrees in comparative literature in 2021, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
The median salary of comparative literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Santa Cruz is $23,717. This is less than $26,684, which is the national median of all comparative literature majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.
While getting their bachelor's degree at UC Santa Cruz, comparative literature students borrow a median amount of $17,491 in student loans. This is not too bad considering that the median debt load of all comparative literature bachelor's degree recipients across the country is $21,047.
The typical student loan payment of a bachelor's degree student from the comparative literature program at UC Santa Cruz is $303 per month.
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.
Of the 216 students who graduated with a Bachelor’s in comparative literature from UC Santa Cruz in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in comparative literature.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 22 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 62 |
White | 95 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 4 |
Other Races | 27 |
The comparative literature program at UC Santa Cruz awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.
The majority of master's degree recipients in this major at UC Santa Cruz are white. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 67% of students fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz 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 | 1 |
White | 4 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 1 |
Other Races | 0 |
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Romance Languages | 25 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 5 |
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