English is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #19 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for english students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 182 degrees in english to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for english schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 Rhode Island.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of english language degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a degree in english. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 english students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in english needs to take a look at Providence College. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were approximately 29 english students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a degree in english. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 54 english students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.
Rhode Island College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in english. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 6th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 16 english students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.
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).
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for english schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
