2024 Best Literature Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
51Literature Degrees Awarded
Literature degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #264 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Literature Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 degrees in literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The literature program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Literature rankings. For our Best Overall Literature School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Literature Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
Best Schools for Literature in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of literature degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in literature. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 36 literature students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
Pacific University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in literature. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Forest Grove. This university ranks 1st out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 5 literature students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Central Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in literature. CWU is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 7th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 3 literature students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in literature needs to look into Mills College. Mills is a private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Oakland.
There were approximately 3 literature students who graduated with this degree at Mills 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).
college factual
The literature program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Literature rankings. For our Best Overall Literature School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
