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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Literature in Pennsylvania

4 Ranked Colleges
81 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

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 Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Literature is the 250th most popular major in the country with 756 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 123 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,180 and $25,050 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 81 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree literature students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Literature in Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2019-2020.

Pitt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $27,938 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree literature students per year to attend Pitt.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 Pitt Literature Report

#2

University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Johnstown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s literature degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt Johnstown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $19,712 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree literature students per year to attend University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown Literature Report

#3

University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Greensburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s literature degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt Greensburg, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg is $17,823 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree literature students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg Literature Report

#4

York College of Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Literature Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, York College of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. YCP is a small school located in York, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2019-2020.

YCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for York College of Pennsylvania is $20,652 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Literature students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full York College of Pennsylvania 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

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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