2025 Best General Literature Schools in the Southeast Region

General Literature isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #735 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general literature. Combined, these schools handed out 64 degrees in general literature to qualified students.

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• Best Overall General Literature Schools List

General Literature Rankings by Degree Level

The general literature school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Literature Schools in the Southeast Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for General Literature in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general literature degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southeast Region Schools in General Literature

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25.0% Growth in Graduates

Duke University is a good option for students interested in a degree in general literature. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in general literature from Duke University

2

Sewanee - The University of the South
Sewanee, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 General Literature Degrees Awarded

Sewanee - The University of the South is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general literature. Sewanee is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Sewanee.More information about a degree in general literature from Sewanee - The University of the South

Best General Literature Colleges by State

Explore the best general literature schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	7
North Carolina	710	6
Georgia	690	0
Tennessee	624	0
Mississippi	501	7
Louisiana	489	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Literature

General Literature is one of 5 different types of Literature programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to General Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
English Literature (British & Commonwealth)	23

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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.