2023 Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
English Literature (Other) is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 942 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, English literature (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,536 and had an average of $24,069 in loans still to pay off.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 English literature (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in English literature (other). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular English literature (other) programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other english students.
Top 8 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English Literature (Other)
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 6 doctorate’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on English Literature (Other) at UCSD
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s other English degrees to qualified students.
Full Kent State University at Kent English Literature (Other) Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #3 spot on the list. Stanford University is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on English Literature (Other) at Stanford University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 doctorate’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about English Literature (Other) at Carnegie Mellon
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 1 doctorate’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.
Full NMSU Main Campus English Literature (Other) Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other English degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on English Literature (Other) at Boston U
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate ranking. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other English degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on English Literature (Other) at U-M
University of California - Santa Cruz came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Other English Major for a Doctorate ranking. University of California - Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 0 doctorate’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about English Literature (Other) at UC Santa Cruz
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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
- *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.
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