2024 Best Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
33Master's Degrees
Comparative Literature is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #437 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 master's degrees in comparative literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Comparative Literature School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of comparative literature for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality comparative literature program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
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 comparative literature students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of comparative 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 comparative literature related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for comparative literature students working on their master's degree.
The comparative 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 Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Comparative Literature in the New England Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in comparative literature.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Comparative Literature
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).