2022 Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 28 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,900 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s literature degrees to qualified students.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Literature at The American University

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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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