Linguistics & Comparative Literature at The City College of New York

Every linguistics and comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at The City College of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in comparative literature.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics & Comparative Literature section at the bottom of this page.

CCNY Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature

CCNY Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

Comparative Literature Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a master’s in comparative literature from CCNY in 2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in comparative literature each year. CCNY does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

In the comparative literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The City College of New York with a master's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Romance Languages

Careers That Comparative Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in comparative literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for The City College of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.