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2023 Most Popular Online English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools

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English Language & Literature is the #19 most popular major in the country with 9,566 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 35 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online English language and literature graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for English language and literature students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 76% of the English language and literature majors at the school.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 35 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in English language and literature at ECU, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 35 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Of the 20 students majoring in English language and literature at Harvard, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - East is a great place for English language and literature students working on their online graduate certificate. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

Of the 19 students majoring in English language and literature at IU East, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Out of the 35 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 93% of the English language and literature majors at the school.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for English language and literature students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Women make up 77% of the English language and literature majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for English language and literature students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in English language and literature at UMB, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#8

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for English language and literature students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 71% of the English language and literature majors at the school.

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#9

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for English language and literature students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in English language and literature at the school are women while 17% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Maranatha Baptist University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for English language and literature students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Watertown, MBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in English language and literature at MBU, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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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 26 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.

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