2023 Best Literature Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Literature Master's Degree 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Literature Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the literature master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top Schools for a Master's in Literature
Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best school in the United States for literature students working on their master’s degree. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
The excellent master’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the United States. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
The excellent master’s degree programs at New York University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the United States. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
The excellent master’s degree programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mills College is a great place for literature students working on their master’s degree. Mills is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.
Central Washington University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree literature programs. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Central Michigan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Hunter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.
Eastern Michigan University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree literature programs. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.
Literature by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Literature
Literature is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Literature
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| General English Literature | 4,966 |
| Writing Studies | 4,263 |
| English Literature (Other) | 175 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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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