Explore the top English and Literature colleges and universities in the United States.
Best Colleges for English Majors and Literature Majors |
| Rank | Name |
| 1 | University of California–Berkeley – Berkeley, CA |
| 2 | Stanford University – Stanford, CA |
| 3 | Columbia University – New York, NY |
| 4 | Yale University – New Haven, CT |
| 5 | Harvard University – Cambridge, MA |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA |
| 7 | Princeton University – Princeton , NJ |
| 8 | Cornell University – Ithaca, NY |
| 9 | University of Chicago – Chicago, IL |
| 10 | Duke University – Durham, NC |
| 11 | University of California–Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA |
| 12 | University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA |
| 13 | Brown University – Providence, RI |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD |
| 15 | University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, NC |
| 16 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor – Ann Arbor, MI |
| 17 | University of Texas–Austin – Austin, TX |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin–Madison – Madison, WI |
| 19 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick – New Brunswick, NJ |
| 20 | New York University – New York, NY |
| 21 | Northwestern University – Evanston, IL |
| 22 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center – New York, NY |
| 23 | Indiana University–Bloomington – Bloomington, IN |
| 24 | University of California–Irvine – Irvine, CA |
| 25 | Ohio State University – Columbus, OH |
| 26 | University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign – Urbana, IL |
| 27 | Emory University – Atlanta, GA |
| 28 | University of California–Davis – Davis, CA |
| 29 | University of California–Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, CA |
| 30 | University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University–University Park – University Park, PA |
| 32 | University of Washington – Seattle, WA |
| 33 | Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN |
| 34 | Washington University in St. Louis – St. Louis, MO |
| 35 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities – Minneapolis, MN |
| 36 | University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA |
| 37 | University of Maryland–College Park – College Park, MD |
| 38 | Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA |
| 39 | Rice University – Houston, TX |
| 40 | University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA |
| 41 | University of California–Riverside – Riverside, CA |
| 42 | University at Buffalo – Buffalo, NY |
| 43 | University of California–Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz, CA |
| 44 | University of Illinois–Chicago – Chicago, IL |
| 45 | Brandeis University – Waltham, MA |
| 46 | Boston University – Boston, MA |
| 47 | Claremont Graduate University – Claremont, CA |
| 48 | University of Colorado–Boulder – Boulder, CO |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts–Amherst – Amherst, MA |
| 50 | University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ |
| 51 | Tufts University – Medford, MA |
| 52 | University of Missouri – Columbia, MO |
| 53 | University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, IN |
| 54 | University of Florida – Gainesville, FL |
| 55 | University of Oregon – Eugene, OR |
| 56 | University of Rochester – Rochester, NY |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI |
| 58 | Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ |
| 59 | Binghamton University–SUNY – Binghamton, NY |
| 60 | University of Georgia – Athens, GA |
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*Data is 2012-2013 data * College rankings based on editor generated composite of major ranking indices. |
