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2023 Most Popular Literature Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Literature Doctor'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 Most Popular Literature Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Literature program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Literature Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean the most popular school in the United States for literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Juan.

Women make up 73% of the literature majors at the school.

Full Literature at Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Report

#2

New York University

New York, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New York University is a great place for literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 44% of the literature majors at the school.

Read full report on Literature at New York University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Full Literature at University of California - San Diego Report

Literature by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 3 majors within the area of study, literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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