by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 481 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for english students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27,318 bachelor's degrees in english to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
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 full 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.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in english. Columbia is a fairly 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
Boston College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in english. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Boston College
Georgetown University is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in english. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Georgetown University
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in english. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
UCLA is a fairly 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
UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the medium-sized 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
Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Northwestern University
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
UT Austin is a very 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 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
Notre Dame is a fairly 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
Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Brown University
Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Boston University
UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Connecticut
University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Virginia - Main Campus
Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Florida State University
Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Michigan State University
Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Villanova.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Villanova University
UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the city of Madison.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Located in the midsize city of Worcester, Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from College of the Holy Cross
Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Fordham University
UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of Florida
Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from University of California - Irvine
This list represents the rest of the schools awarded a Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 20% of the 481 different United States english schools we analyzed.
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