2025 Best English Schools in the Far Western US Region
64Colleges in the Far Western US Region
7,875English Language Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in english, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 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.
College Factual looked at 64 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best English Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7,875 degrees in english annually.
The english language program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for English rankings. For our Best Overall English School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for English in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the english language degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Far Western US Region Schools in English Language
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in english. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 293 english students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in english has to look into University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 231 english students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in english needs to look into University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 153 english students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in english has to look into University of California - Santa Barbara. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 177 english students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 198 english students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 138 english students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were about 41 english students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
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CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 298 english students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.
USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 41 english students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 139 english students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent data year.
Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 62 english students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
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Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 29th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 76 english students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best English Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
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).