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2023 Best Literature Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Literature Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 162 people earned a degree or certificate in literature, making the major the #238 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Literature Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Literature Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Literature

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in the United States for literature students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#2

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the United States. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the United States. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Read full report on Literature at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Literature by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Literature

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 4,966
Writing Studies 4,263
English Literature (Other) 175

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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