Demographics — Comparative Literature, Stanford University

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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 ?18-32

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 21%
Minority faculty 23%

Student Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2005)
Female students 48%
Underrepresented minority students 22%
International students 24%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 60%
Women 40%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 69%
Temporary visa holders 31%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 2%
Native American 0%
Asian 9%
White 32%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 23%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 56%
Part-time 44%
* 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 Stanford University 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.