2023 Best Value Literature Master's Degree Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Literature Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 683 people earned a degree or certificate in literature, making the major the #266 most popular in the United States.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Literature Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for literature students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Literature
Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the United States for literature students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.
The Graduate Center excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, The American University also did well on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public school with a very large student population.
Hunter graduate students pay an average of $20,828 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at New York University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value literature schools in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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George Mason University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GMU also is in the top 15% of our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
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Central Washington University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree literature programs. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.
CWU graduate students pay an average of $25,681 in tuition and fees each year.
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Mills College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree literature programs. Located in the city of Oakland, Mills is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mills are $36,443 per year.
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Eastern Michigan University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree literature programs. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a year.
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Literature Related Majors for Literature
One of 3 majors within the area of study, literature has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General English Literature | 40,481 |
Writing Studies | 12,529 |
English Literature (Other) | 942 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.