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2023 Best Value Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$33,380 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,461 Avg Salary

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for literature students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for literature majors pursuing a .

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Literature

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for literature students. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Graduate Center are $15,360 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, The Graduate Center is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#2

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
$28,375 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $28,375 per year.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC
$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at American University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best literature schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The American University are $51,334 a year.

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#4

Hunter College

New York, NY
$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Hunter undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NYU are $56,500 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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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.

  • 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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