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2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,409 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,567 Avg Salary

Finding the Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate School for You

English Language & Literature is the #19 most popular major in the country with 9,566 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for English language and literature students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in English Language & Literature

Our analysis found Salem State University to be the best value school for English language and literature students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salem State are $10,477 per year.

Full English Language & Literature at Salem State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 per year.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at Southern New Hampshire University

#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at Harvard University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at URI are $29,774 a year.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at University of Rhode Island

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a great value for English language and literature students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $30,153 per year.

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Best English Language & Literature Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 428
Rhode Island 35
Connecticut 97
New Hampshire 720
Maine 34
Vermont 179

English Language & Literature Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 4,966
Writing Studies 4,263
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

Majors Similar to English Language & Literature

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mike Hazard.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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