General Literature is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #735 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Literature Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 96 degrees in general literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Literature Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general literature degree levels they offer.
Hamilton College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general literature. Hamilton is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized suburb of Clinton. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Hamilton is a great college overall.
There were roughly 18 general literature students who graduated with this degree at Hamilton in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat The New School if you wish to pursue a degree in general literature. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. This school ranks 15th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 50 general literature students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year.
Purchase College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general literature. Purchase College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Purchase. This college ranks 59th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 23 general literature students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent data year.
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).