Literature at New York University

If you are interested in studying literature, you may want to check out the program at New York University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Literature section at the bottom of this page.

NYU Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature
• Master’s Degree in Literature

NYU Literature Rankings

The literature major at NYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in literature, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Literature Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at New York University.

NYU Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a bachelor's in literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	32
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

NYU Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of literature master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

Of the students who received a literature master's degree from NYU, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Literature

Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English Literature (British & Commonwealth)	136

Related Majors

• English Literature (Other)
• General English Literature
• Writing Studies

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.