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Most Popular Schools for General Literature Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on literature from one or more genres, cultures or traditions. Includes instruction in period and genre studies, author studies, literary criticism, and studies of various types of literary text.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Grand Canyon University 38 0% $32,100
2 The New School 38 1% $71,361
3 American University 30 1% $66,268
4 Grove City College 29 5% $29,550
5 Hamilton College 15 3% $69,990
6 Bennington College 15 8% $73,270
7 Marymount Manhattan College 14 3% $58,110
8 Loyola University New Orleans 14 2% $56,564
9 Tyler Junior College 13 0% $16,764
10 University of Michigan-Flint 8 1% $25,001
11 Calvin College 8 1% $48,900
12 Ave Maria University 7 3% $36,261
13 Castleton University 7 2% $25,316
14 University of Central Oklahoma 6 0% $24,091
15 Youngstown State University 6 0% $22,851
16 Lipscomb University 6 0% $49,546
17 Mississippi College 5 0% $34,005
18 York College of Pennsylvania 5 1% $34,550
19 Antioch College 5 9% $52,628
20 Bard College at Simon's Rock 4 3% $71,998
21 Marlboro College 4 7% $56,458
22 Middlesex Community College 4 1% $5,584
23 Illinois Wesleyan University 4 1% $61,020
24 Duke University 4 0% $74,339
25 Excelsior College 3 0% N/A
26 Linfield College-McMinnville Campus 3 1% $59,007
27 Carroll College 3 1% $49,696
28 Fontbonne University 3 1% $41,982
29 Central Washington University 3 0% $23,201
30 Clarks Summit University 3 1% $32,910
31 La Salle University 2 0% $47,110
32 Oklahoma City Community College 2 0% $5,659
33 Yeshiva University 2 0% $62,075
34 Minnesota State University-Mankato 2 0% $20,482
35 Naugatuck Valley Community College 1 0% $5,624
36 Tunxis Community College 1 0% $5,664
37 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 0% $69,292
38 Central Michigan University 1 0% $24,889
39 Florida Southern College 1 0% $52,020

This list indicates the number of students that completed the General Literature program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.