2024 Best Literature Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

There was only one school in the Southwest Region to review for the 2024 Best Literature Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Literature Schools List

Pick Your Literature Degree Level

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 Southwest Region. 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 the Southwest Region

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 Southwest Region Schools in Literature

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$21,664 Median Starting Salary

$30,376 Median Student Debt

Grand Canyon University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in literature. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.

Graduates who receive their degree from the literature program earn around $21,664 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in literature from Grand Canyon University

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Every student who is interested in literature has to look into Northern Arizona University. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.More information about a degree in literature from Northern Arizona University

Best Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best literature schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	317	16
Arizona	287	5
Oklahoma	257	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Literature

Literature is one of 9 different types of English Language & Literature programs to choose from.

Literature Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Literature	21

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	4,794
Writing Studies	1,056
English Literature (Other)	22

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.