Demographics — Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina-Columbia

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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 ?16-33

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 14%
Minority faculty 14%

Student Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2005)
Female students 52%
Underrepresented minority students 9%
International students 50%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 34%
Women 66%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 90%
Temporary visa holders 10%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 15%
Native American 0%
Asian 2%
White 65%
Hispanic 1%
Unknown 7%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 47%
Part-time 53%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all degree recipients in the field from University of South Carolina-Columbia and may include graduates from more than one program.

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