2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 51 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Literature Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in literature. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in literature.

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Most Well Attended Literature Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Literature Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature in the Far Western US Region

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Literature Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 3 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.

Full CWU Literature Report

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Mills College
Oakland, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mills College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Literature Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. This small school is located in Oakland, California, and it awarded 3 masters’s literature degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.

Full Mills College Literature Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Literature

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.