2025 Best English Language & Literature Schools in District of Columbia
2Colleges in District of Columbia
217English Language & Literature Degrees Awarded
$32,613Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, english language & literature sits in the middle of the road, ranking #18 out of 38 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
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 degree. Combined, these schools handed out 217 degrees in english language & literature to qualified students.
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 Schools in District of Columbia.
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Best Schools for English Language & Literature in District of Columbia
The schools below may not offer all types of english language & literature degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top District of Columbia Schools in English Language & Literature
It is hard to beat Georgetown University if you want to pursue a degree in english language & literature. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.
Those english language & literature students who get their degree from Georgetown University earn $20,386 more than the average english language & literature graduate.
George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a 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.
Degree recipients from the english language & literature major at George Washington University earn $6,372 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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).
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