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2023 Most Popular General English Literature Schools in the New England Region

30 Colleges
$33,104 Avg Salary
$24,193 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General English Literature 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 Most Popular General English Literature Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the New England Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General English Literature program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General English Literature Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for general English literature students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for general English literature students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Out of the 30 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

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

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#5

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General English Literature Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

With a ranking of #6, Boston College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general English literature students. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general English literature students. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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

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#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general English literature students. It came in at #9 on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#10

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #10, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general English literature students. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Best General English Literature Colleges by State

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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 26 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).

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