When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in teaching english or french sits in the middle of the road, ranking #217 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Teaching English or French Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 46 bachelor's degrees in teaching english or french to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on teaching english or french students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other teaching english or french students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for teaching english or french to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized teaching english or french related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for teaching english or french students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Teaching English or French Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Teaching English or French in the Great Lakes Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for teaching english or french students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in English or French
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).