2023 Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 193 English literature (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,536 and $23,982 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 English literature (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in English literature (other). To top this list, a school must have a successful English literature (other) program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for English Literature (Other) in the Plains States Region

1

Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 6 masters’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about English Literature (Other) at Southeast Missouri State University

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#9 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other English Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 5 masters’s other English degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read full report on English Literature (Other) at University of Iowa

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for English Literature (Other)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Mike Hazard.