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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$20,202 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 683 people earned their degree in literature, making the major the 264th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,788 and had an average of $26,372 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 71 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,202 and $26,695 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in literature. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in literature.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the New England Region

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Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 15 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region. Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookline, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bard College at Simon’s Rock landed the #3 spot on the list. Simon’s Rock is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Literature at Bard College at Simon’s Rock

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Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region. Castleton University is a small school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 2 bachelors’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Castleton Literature Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s literature students in 2020-2021.

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