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 3 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for english students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 240 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 Mississippi.
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 is hard to beat University of Mississippi if you want to pursue a degree in english. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the town of University. A Best Colleges rank of #550 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ole Miss is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 english students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available.
Mississippi State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in english. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 34 english students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Mississippi University for Women if you want to pursue a degree in english. MUW is a small public university located in the remote town of Columbus. This university ranks 6th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 6 english students who graduated with this degree at MUW 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.
