2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Far Western US Region

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In 2021-2022, 769 people earned their degree in literature, making the major the 264th most popular in the United States. In , literature graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,788 and had an average of $24,939 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 39 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $13,328 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree literature students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Far Western US Region

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s literature degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Literature at Central Washington University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.