2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Literature in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Literature is the 735th most popular major in the country with 263 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 34 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general literature. To top this list, a school must have a successful general literature program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree general literature students.
Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Literature in the New England Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bennington, Vermont, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full Bennington General Literature Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s. Castleton is a small public school situated in Castleton, Vermont. It awarded 2 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bard College at Simon’s Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. Bard College at Simon’s Rock is a small school located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Literature at Simon’s Rock
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Literature Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Northern Vermont University is a small public school situated in Johnson, Vermont. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Northern Vermont University General Literature Report
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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
- *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.
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