| 排名 | 学校名称 | 学校英文名称 | 项目英文名 |
| 1 | 普林斯顿大学 | Princeton University | Comparative Literature |
| 2 | 耶鲁大学 | Yale University | Comparative Literature |
| 3 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford University | Comparative Literature |
| 4 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | University of California at Berkeley | Comparative Literature |
| 5 | 宾夕法尼亚大学 | University of Pennsylvania | Comparative Literature and Literary Theory |
| 6 | 杜克大学 | Duke University | Literature |
| 7 | 布朗大学 | Brown University | Comparative Literature |
| 8 | 普渡大学 | Purdue University Main Campus | Comparative Literature |
| 9 | 纽约大学 | New York University | Comparative Literature |
| 10 | 芝加哥大学 | University of Chicago | Comparative Literature |
| 11 | 哈佛大学 | Harvard University | Comparative Literature |
| 12 | 马里兰大学学院公园分校 | University of Maryland at College Park | Comparative Literature |
| 13 | 艾茉莉大学 | Emory University | Comparative Literature |
| 14 | 宾州州立大学公园分校 | Pennsylvania State University | Comparative Literature |
| 15 | 约翰霍普金斯大学 | Johns Hopkins University | Humanities |
| 16 | 密歇根大学安娜堡分校 | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | Comparative Literature |
| 17 | 纽约州立大学水牛城分校 | University at Buffalo (SUNY) | Comparative Literature |
| 18 | 南卡罗来纳大学 | University of South Carolina at Columbia | Comparative Literature |
| 19 | 纽约市立大学研究生中心 | City University of New York Graduate Center | Comparative Literature |
| 20 | 西北大学 | Northwestern University | Comparative Literary Studies |
| 21 | 印第安纳大学伯明顿分校 | Indiana University at Bloomington | Comparative Literature |
| 22 | 纽约州立大学宾汉姆顿分校 | Binghamtonton University (SUNY) | Comparative Literature |
| 23 | 加州大学戴维斯分校 | University of California at Davis | Comparative Literature |
| 24 | 罗格斯大学 | Rutgers University at New Brunswick | Comparative Literature |
| 25 | 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Comparative Literature |
| 26 | 康奈尔大学 | Cornell University | Comparative Literature |
| 27 | 加州大学圣克鲁兹分校 | University of California at Santa Cruz | Literature |
| 28 | 纽约州立大学石溪分校 | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies |
| 29 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 | University of California at Los Angeles | Comparative Literature |
| 30 | 俄勒冈大学 | University of Oregon | Comparative Literature |
| 31 | 马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst | Comparative Literature |
| 32 | 路易斯安那州立大学 | Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge | Comparative Literature |
| 33 | 佐治亚大学 | University of Georgia | Comparative Literature |
| 34 | 加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 | University of California at Santa Barbara | Comparative Literature |
| 35 | 伊利诺伊大学厄本那-香槟分校 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Comparative Literature |
| 36 | 圣路易斯华盛顿大学 | Washington University in St. Louis | Comparative Literature |
| 37 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 | University of Texas at Austin | Comparative Literature |
| 38 | 明尼苏达大学双城分校 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
| 39 | 南加州大学 | University of Southern California | Comparative Literature |
| 40 | 加州大学尔湾分校 | University of California at Irvine | Comparative Literature |
| 41 | 爱荷华大学 | University of Iowa | Comparative Literature |
| 42 | 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校 | University of Wisconsin at Madison | Comparative Literature |
| 43 | 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校 | University of Colorado at Boulder | Comparative Literature |
| 44 | 加州大学圣地亚哥分校 | University of California at San Diego | Literature |
| 45 | 华盛顿大学 | University of Washington | Comparative Literature |
| 46 | 加州大学河滨分校 | University of California at Riverside | Comparative Literature |
*(1)
排名评分权重
| 声誉 | 论文 | 资金 | 多样性 | 课程 | |||||
| 40% | 30% | 10% | 5% | 15% | |||||
| S-Rank High | S-Rank Low | Research High | Research Low | Students High | Students Low | Diversity High | Diversity Low | R-Rank High | R-Rank Low |
注：(1)此表的排名是根据NRC排名表提供的数据结合以上评分权重计算得出的
(2) NRC排名是由美国国家研究委员会（National Research Council）发布的排名，专注于PhD项目，每十年发布一次。第一次是在1995年，第二次本应在2005-2006年发布的，但推迟至了2010年，迄今只有两个排名版本
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参考资料：
(1) https://www.chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-/124718/