2024 Best German Language & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Master's Degrees
German Language & Literature isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #596 in popularity out of 1172 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for german language & literature students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6 master's degrees in german language & literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great German Language & Literature School for Your Master's Degree
The german language master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality german language 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
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on german language & literature students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of german language & literature students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized german language & literature related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for german language & literature students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best German Language & Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study German Language & Literature in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in german language & literature.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in German Language
German Language & Literature Related Rankings by Major
German Language & Literature is one of 7 different types of Germanic Languages programs to choose from.
Notes and References
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).