2025 Best English Language & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in
english language & literature sits in the middle of the road, ranking #17 out of 37 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 16 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for english language & literature students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,302 master's degrees in english language & literature during the 2021-2022 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great English Language & Literature School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of english language & literature for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality english language & literature program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on english language & literature students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other english language & literature students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for english language & literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized english language & literature related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for english language & literature students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank English Language & Literature Schools
The english language & literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best English Language & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region.