General Literature is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #735 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in New York to review for the 2025 Best General Literature Schools in New York ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Literature Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general literature degree levels they offer.
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).