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Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools

2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

61 Colleges
$16,273 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,567 Avg Salary

Finding the Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 54,635 people earned a degree or certificate in English language and literature, making the major the #17 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 61 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for English language and literature students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Top 10 Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for English language and literature students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong also claimed a spot on our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

The excellent graduate certificate programs at McDaniel College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

McDaniel graduate students pay an average of $9,568 in tuition and fees each year.

McDaniel excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.

Minnesota State Mankato also claimed a spot on our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in the United States. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

St. Mary’s graduate students pay an average of $19,846 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Mary’s also is in the top 15% of our Best English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#5

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Youngstown State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in the United States. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

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Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 per year.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for English language and literature students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for English language and literature students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value English Language & Literature Graduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE
12 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX

English Language & Literature by Region

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

English Language & Literature Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 40,481
Writing Studies 12,529
English Literature (Other) 942
Literature 683

Majors Similar to English Language & Literature

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mike Hazard.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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