2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature in District of Columbia

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General English Literature is the 24th most popular major in the country with 40,481 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 District of Columbia, there were 185 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,911 and $22,333 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general English literature. That schools that top this list have a program in general English literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia list. Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard General English Literature Report

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s English students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General English Literature at CUA

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on English Major in District of Columbia. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s English degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General English Literature at George Washington University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.