by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan” ranking.
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 Michigan, there were 729 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,135 and $26,510 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer 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 colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree english students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s English degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General English Literature at Northern Michigan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Flint. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan. UM Flint is a medium-sized public school situated in Flint, Michigan. It awarded 7 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Andrews University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. Andrews University is a small school located in Berrien Springs, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. Wayne State University is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 13 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wayne State University General English Literature Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. Oakland University is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 5 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s English degrees to qualified students.
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Grand Valley State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #7. GVSU is a large school located in Allendale, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Grand Valley State University General English Literature Report
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan ranking. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s English degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #9. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan University General English Literature Report
Michigan State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan ranking. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 76 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General English Literature at Michigan State
Eastern Michigan University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on English Major in Michigan list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 12 masters’s English degrees in 2020-2021.
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