2025 Best Comparative Literature Schools in the Southeast Region

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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Comparative Literature Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 degrees in comparative literature annually.

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Pick Your Comparative Literature Degree Level

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Best Schools for Comparative Literature in the Southeast Region

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.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Comparative Literature

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in comparative literature. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in comparative literature from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

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

Best Comparative Literature Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	710	1
Georgia	690	28
Virginia	630	0
South Carolina	530	6
Mississippi	501	0
Louisiana	489	2
Arkansas	466	2

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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.

Majors Similar to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Modern Languages	1,116
Linguistics	330
Language Translation	242
Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services	50
Applied Linguistics	15

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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.

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