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2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$43,285 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,842 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree School for You

General English Literature is the #50 most popular major in the country with 4,966 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for English students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for English majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best value school in the New England Region for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #5 for overall quality for English in the New England Region .

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#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

URI graduate students pay an average of $29,774 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

With a ranking of #6, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard also made our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.

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With a ranking of #7, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.

UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general English literature students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts also claimed a spot on our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brown is ranked #3 for overall quality for English in the New England Region .

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#10

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Best General English Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best general English literature colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 177
Connecticut 60
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 454
Maine 6
Vermont 32

General English Literature is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to English

Related Major Annual Graduates
Writing Studies 4,263
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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