2024 Best Literature Master's Degree Schools in New York

Literaturemaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #230 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Literature Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 master's degrees in literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on literature students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of literature students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt literature students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized literature related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for literature students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Literature Schools

The literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Literature Master's Degree Schools in New York.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Literature in New York

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in literature.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Literature

1

New York University
New York, NY

40 Annual Graduates

$44,365 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a master's degree in literature. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Soon after graduation, literature master's recipients generally make an average of $44,365 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in literature from New York University

2

Hunter College
New York, NY

3 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in literature needs to take a look at Hunter College. Hunter is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York.More information about a master’s in literature from Hunter College

Best Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	1
District of Columbia	154	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Literature

Literature is one of 9 different types of English Language & Literature programs to choose from.

Literature Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
English Literature (British & Commonwealth)	43
Other Literature	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Writing Studies	397
General English Literature	250

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.