2025 Best English Literature (British & Commonwealth) Schools in New York
2Colleges in New York
153English Literature (British and Commonwealth) Degrees Awarded
English Literature (British & Commonwealth) isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #721 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for english literature (british & commonwealth) students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 153 degrees in english literature (british & commonwealth) to qualified students.
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 English Literature (British & Commonwealth) Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for English Literature (British & Commonwealth) in New York
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the english literature (british and commonwealth) degree levels they offer.
Top New York Schools in English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).