2025 Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

a doctor's degree in general english literature is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #33 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 doctor's degrees in general english literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General English Literature School for Your Doctor's Degree

The english doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality english program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general english literature students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general english literature students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt general english literature students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general english literature related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general english literature students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General English Literature in New York

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general english literature students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in English

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

20 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general english literature. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general english literature from Columbia University in the City of New York

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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

11 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general english literature. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a doctorate in general english literature from Cornell University

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Fordham University
Bronx, NY

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general english literature needs to take a look at Fordham University. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in general english literature from Fordham University

Best General English Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General English Literature Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	70
Maryland	119	21
New Jersey	115	26
District of Columbia	81	7
Delaware	53	6

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General English Literature Related Rankings by Major

One of 9 majors within the English Language & Literature area of study, General English Literature has other similar majors worth exploring.

English Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
English	94

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Literature	7
Writing Studies	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.