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2024 Best Literature Schools in New York

5 Colleges in New York
288 Literature Degrees Awarded
$29,432 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in literature, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #264 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Literature Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 288 degrees in literature to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Literature School

Best Literature Schools in New York Your choice of literature school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Literature School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Literature Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Literature
Master's Degrees in Literature
Doctor's Degrees in Literature

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Literature Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Literature in New York

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the literature degree levels they offer.

Top New York Schools in Literature

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New York University
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
136 Literature Degrees Awarded
$44,365 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in literature has to take a look at New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 136 literature students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Literature degree recipients from New York University receive an earnings boost of approximately $14,933 over the average earnings of literature majors.

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Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

Hamilton College is a great option for students interested in a degree in literature. Hamilton is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize suburb of Clinton. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Hamilton is a great college overall.

There were roughly 18 literature students who graduated with this degree at Hamilton in the most recent year we have data available.

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The New School
New York, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
50 Literature Degrees Awarded
$23,592 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in literature needs to look into The New School. New School University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. This school ranks 15th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 50 literature students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the literature program state that they receive average early career earnings of $23,592.

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Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$20,339 Median Starting Salary
$23,250 Median Student Debt

Purchase College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in literature. Purchase College is a small public college located in the suburb of Purchase. This college ranks 59th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 23 literature students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the literature program make an average of $20,339 in their early career salary.

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Hunter College
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In NY

Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 19th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 3 literature students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 82
New Jersey 273 0
District of Columbia 188 23

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One of 9 majors within the English Language & Literature area of study, Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

Literature Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
English Literature (British & Commonwealth) 185
General Literature 96
Other Literature 2

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Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 3,184
Writing Studies 868
English Literature (Other) 115

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