2022 Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Literature is the 250th most popular major in the country with 756 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,970 and had an average of $29,434 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 469 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,289 and $28,416 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the literature program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$20,828 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in New York, New York, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s literature students in 2019-2020.

Hunter not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter are $20,828, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 1 masters’s literature degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Literature at The American University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature (With Aid)

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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