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2023 Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Colleges
$28,461 Avg Salary
$25,821 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Literature School for You

Literature is the #238 most popular major in the country with 162 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the literature programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Literature

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best school for literature students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

Full Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

#2

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means American University is a great place for literature students. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New York University is a great place for literature students. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Stony Brook University is a great place for literature students. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

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#5

Hunter College

New York, NY

The excellent programs at Hunter College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

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Best Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best literature colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 58
Pennsylvania 1
District of Columbia 1

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

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 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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