by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that 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 Pennsylvania, there were 108 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,135 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree literature students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarks Summit University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clarks Summit University is a small school located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gannon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Literature Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s literature students in 2020-2021.
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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