by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 40,481 people earned their degree in general English literature, making the major the 24th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,881 and had an average of $23,769 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 8,884 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,486 and $24,076 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in general English literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general English literature.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Copiah-Lincoln Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is located in Wesson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s English degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General English Literature at Copiah-Lincoln Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region. Columbia College is a private for-profit institution located in Vienna, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Military College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized public school situated in Milledgeville, Georgia. It awarded 13 associates’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General English Literature at Georgia Military College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holmes Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Holmes Community College is a small school located in Goodman, Mississippi that handed out 8 associates’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Holmes Community College General English Literature Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public institution located in Perkinston, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General English Literature at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
With a ranking of #6, East Mississippi Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Scooba, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s English students in 2020-2021.
East Georgia State College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Swainsboro, Georgia, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s English students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General English Literature at East Georgia State College
Cumberland University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lebanon, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s English students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General English Literature at Cumberland University
Johnson University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Johnson University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 1 associates’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General English Literature at Johnson University
Mississippi Delta Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi Delta Community College is located in Moorhead, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s English degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General English Literature at Mississippi Delta Community College
Methodist University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on English Major in the Southeast Region list. Methodist University is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s English degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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