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Literature at The New School

Literature at The New School

If you plan to study literature, take a look at what The New School has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

New School University is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,047.

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

New School University Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

New School University Literature Rankings

The literature major at New School University 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.

Literature Student Demographics at New School University

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

New School University Literature Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 The New School with a bachelor's in literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 12
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Literature

The following literature concentations are available at The New School. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The New School. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Literature 50

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 The New School.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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