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2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,567 Avg Salary

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

With 428 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, English language and literature is the #19 most popular major in Massachusetts.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in English Language & Literature

Our 2023 rankings named Salem State University the best value school in Massachusetts for English language and literature students working on their graduate certificate. Salem State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salem State are $8,857 per year.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at Salem State University

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

Full English Language & Literature at Harvard University Report

Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

UMass Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $16,965 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Value English Language & Literature Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 3 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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