by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 58 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in literature.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree literature students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 9 masters’s literature degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Great Lakes Region. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
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