Ranked #19 in popularity, english is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for english students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 375 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. We derive our Best Overall English School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Kentucky.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the english language degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a degree in english. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were about 57 english students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Murray State University if you wish to pursue a degree in english. Located in the town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 47 english students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in english needs to check out University of Louisville. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 english students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Kentucky University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in english. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 40 english students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.
NKU is a large public university located in the large suburb of Highland Heights. A Best Colleges rank of #842 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were about 49 english students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent data year.
Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Louisville. This university ranks 7th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 8 english students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year.
Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the town of Richmond. This university ranks 12th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 27 english students who graduated with this degree at Eastern 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. We derive our Best Overall English School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
