2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 62 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality literature programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Literature Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s literature students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree literature students list, GMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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