2024 Best English Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in english, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 20 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for english students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 doctor's degrees in english during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great English School for Your Doctor's Degree

The english language doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good 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.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on english students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other english 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized english related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The english language 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 English Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study English in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in english.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in English Language

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in english. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in english from University of Pennsylvania

2

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

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

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

3

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Princeton University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in english. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton.More information about a doctorate in english from Princeton University

3

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a great option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in english. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in english from Johns Hopkins University

4

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in english. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in english from University of Maryland - College Park

5

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a doctorate in english from Cornell University

6

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in english from The Graduate Center, CUNY

7

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in english from George Washington University

8

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Indiana, IUP is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in english from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

9

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in english from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best English Colleges by State

Explore the best english colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	91
Pennsylvania	311	70
Maryland	190	21
New Jersey	165	26
District of Columbia	143	7
Delaware	63	6

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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.