by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Linguistics & Comparative Literature is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,539 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, linguistics and comparative literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,017 and had an average of $21,130 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 566 linguistics and comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,817 and $24,285 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 linguistics and comparative literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics and comparative literature. That schools that top this list have a program in linguistics and comparative literature in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree comparative literature students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 39 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region. CCSU is a public institution located in New Britain, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #3 spot on the list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s comparative literature degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Yale University Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dartmouth College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Dartmouth College Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
With a ranking of #6, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region ranking. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
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With a ranking of #8, Boston University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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University of Connecticut ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 8 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full University of Connecticut Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
Boston College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s comparative literature students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Full Boston College Linguistics & Comparative Literature Report
University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Linguistics & Comparative Literature at UMass Amherst
Brown University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Comparative Literature Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 21 masters’s comparative literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, 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 92%.
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