If you're seeking a degree in literature, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #264 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Literature Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 259 degrees in literature to qualified students.
Your choice of literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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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 literature degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in literature needs to take a look at The New School. New School University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #197 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means New School University is a great school overall.
There were roughly 49 literature students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the literature program make around $25,618 for their early career.
Any student who is interested in literature has to look into Hunter College. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 30th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 10 literature students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Pace University - New York if you wish to pursue a degree in literature. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 26 literature students who graduated with this degree at Pace University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the literature program make around $25,758 in their early career salary.
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).
Your choice of literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
