2025 Best English Language & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in english language & literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #15 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for english language & literature students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 168 bachelor's degrees in english language & literature during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on english language & literature students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of english language & literature students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt english language & literature students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized english language & literature related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for english language & literature students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank English Language & Literature Schools

The english language & literature 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 Language & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia.

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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study English Language & Literature in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in english language & literature.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in English Language & Literature

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in english language & literature needs to check out Georgetown University. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in english language & literature from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in english language & literature. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english language & literature from George Washington University

Best English Language & Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best English Language & Literature Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	37	2,084
New York	37	3,375
New Jersey	34	929
Maryland	33	744
Delaware	30	109

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English Language & Literature Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	139
Literature	16
Writing Studies	13

Majors Similar to English Language & Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	2,933
Communication & Journalism	570
History	169
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	151
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	143
Philosophy & Religious Studies	111
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	41
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	35

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Mike Hazard. More about our data sources and methodologies.