2024 Best Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #437 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of comparative literature. Combined, these schools handed out 7 master's degrees in comparative literature to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to comparative literature students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other comparative literature students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized comparative literature related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for comparative literature students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Comparative Literature in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Comparative Literature

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in comparative literature. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens.More information about a master’s in comparative literature from University of Georgia

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in comparative literature. UARK is a very large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville.More information about a master’s in comparative literature from University of Arkansas

Best Comparative Literature Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	370	5
South Carolina	260	1
Arkansas	187	1

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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 Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Modern Languages	96
Linguistics	61
Applied Linguistics	7
Language Translation	6

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.