2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Literature

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Literature is the 735th most popular major in the country with 263 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general literature. That schools that top this list have a program in general literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Literature

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s general literature degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Literature at Eastern Michigan University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major list. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 3 masters’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Literature at CWU

3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

Top 5% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s general literature degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full American University General Literature Report

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University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Literature Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 masters’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UCO General Literature Report

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.