2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Literature (Income $30-$48k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Literature Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Literature is the 699th most popular major in the country with 338 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Literature Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Literature Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree general literature students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Literature (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Literature Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 1 masters’s general literature degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Literature Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Literature at CWU

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Literature Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 masters’s general literature degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Literature Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

Full The American University General Literature Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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