Demographics — Comparative Literature, University of Southern California

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 46 Comparative Literature programs
Range of rankings ?2-4

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 44%
Minority faculty 8%

Student Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2005)
Female students 74%
Underrepresented minority students 38%
International students 44%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 55%
Women 45%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 70%
Temporary visa holders 30%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 4%
Native American 0%
Asian 17%
White 30%
Hispanic 8%
Unknown 11%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 75%
Part-time 25%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Comparative Literature degree recipients from University of Southern California and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.