2024 Best Literature Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
55Literature Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in literature. It is ranked #264 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Literature Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 degrees in literature during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The literature program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Literature rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for literature schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Literature Schools in the Southeast Region.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Literature in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the literature degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Duke University if you want to pursue a degree in literature. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.More information about a degree in literature from Duke University
Sewanee - The University of the South is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in literature. Located in the rural area of Sewanee, Sewanee is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 4th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.More information about a degree in literature from Sewanee - The University of the South
George Mason University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in literature. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.More information about a degree in literature from George Mason University
Best Literature Colleges by State
Explore the best literature schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).