Literaturemaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #230 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of literature. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 134 master's degrees in literature during the <nil> academic year.
Choosing a Great Literature School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of literature for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to literature students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other literature students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized literature related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for literature students working on their master's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Literature Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Literature in the United States
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in literature.
Hunter College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a master's degree in literature. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in literature from Hunter College
Literature by Region
View the Best Literature Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.