2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 756 people earned their degree in literature, making the major the 250th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,970 and had an average of $29,434 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 54 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the literature program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree literature students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k 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 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s literature degrees to qualified students.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Literature at Eastern Michigan

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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