2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Literature

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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 “Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general literature. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general literature.

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Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree general literature students.

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

1

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 4 masters’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Literature at Eastern Michigan

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s general literature students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Literature at Central Washington University

3

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

Top 5% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 1 masters’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The American University General Literature Report

4

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended General Literature Major for a Master’s. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 0 masters’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Literature at UCO

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.