by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Literature is the 264th most popular major in the country with 683 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 421 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,461 and $25,821 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in literature. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their literature program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree literature students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarks Summit University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s literature students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in New York, New York, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s literature students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #5 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #6, Hofstra University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hempstead, New York, and it awarded 0 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Gannon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Gannon University is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s literature degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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