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2023 Best Value Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$30,283 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,365 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Literature Master's Degree School for You

Literature is the #266 most popular major in the country with 683 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Literature Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for literature students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for literature majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Literature

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for literature students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.

The Graduate Center excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY

#2

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means American University is a great value for literature students working on their master’s degree. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The American University are $38,456 a year.

The American University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Literature at American University

#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

Out of the 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hunter are $20,828 a year.

Full Literature at Hunter College Report

#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Literature at New York University

Best Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best literature schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 82
New York 288
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 23

Literature is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 40,481
Writing Studies 12,529
English Literature (Other) 942

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

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