2023 Most Popular Literature Master's Degree Schools
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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Literature Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Literature program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Literature Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the literature master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Literature Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the United States for literature students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 57% of the students majoring in literature at the school are women while 43% are male.
The in-demand master’s degree programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular literature schools in the United States. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
Women make up 75% of the literature majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Simmons is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean is a great place for literature students working on their master’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 70% of the literature majors at the school.
The in-demand master’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular literature schools in the United States. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.
About 67% of the students majoring in literature at the school are women while 33% are male.
With a ranking of #6, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for literature students working on their master’s degree. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.
Women make up 80% of the literature majors at the school.
Central Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. CWU is a large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.
Mills College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Literature Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Oakland, Mills is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 67% of the literature majors at the school.
Hunter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for literature students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public school with a fairly large student population.
American University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular 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 fairly large student population.
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Literature Related Majors
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 16 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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