by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 503 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 31,214 bachelor's degrees in english to qualified students.
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Your choice of english for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality english language program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for english students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in english. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in english. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Yale University
It's difficult to beat Stanford University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in english. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Stanford University
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in english needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Pennsylvania
University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in english. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Notre Dame
Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Georgetown University
Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Columbia University in the City of New York
UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Chicago
Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Northwestern University
UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of California - Los Angeles
Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Duke University
Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Virginia - Main Campus
Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Vanderbilt University
Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of California - Berkeley
UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Maryland - College Park
Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Harvard University
Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Brown University
UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a bachelor’s in english from The University of Texas at Austin
Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Dartmouth College
Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Emory University
Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Rice University
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Located in the town of Hamilton, Colgate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Colgate University
Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Michigan State University
This list shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 503 different United States english schools we analyzed.
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