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English Language and Literature

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC's five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students' completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. English	5	29	4	13	27	88	11	46	33	82
Auburn U. English	40	81	40	72	1	55	56	97	73	103
Baylor U. English	46	77	34	71	1	10	110	117	36	80
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) English, General Literature & Rhetoric	80	101	81	108	75	101	27	71	54	96
Boston College English	15	50	15	40	5	77	109	117	10	94
Boston U. English	75	98	30	59	48	89	117	119	37	93
Brandeis U. English and American Literature	11	41	13	33	5	62	62	100	11	42
Brown U. English	10	34	52	83	3	39	16	52	5	28
Carnegie Mellon U. English, Literature, Cultural Theory & Rhetoric	21	54	6	26	48	94	65	104	54	91
Case Western Reserve U. English	50	83	37	69	39	86	38	81	88	112
Catholic U. of America English	107	117	96	112	82	107	84	110	93	116
City U. of New York Graduate Center English	16	45	6	21	100	110	41	80	3	27
Claremont Graduate U. English	39	78	10	30	111	118	82	108	41	94
Columbia U. English and Comparative Literature	5	23	6	19	65	104	35	73	1	8
Cornell U. English Language and Literature	7	28	46	77	3	31	2	14	5	25
Duke U. English	9	33	17	37	9	76	24	66	13	47
Emory U. English	16	44	36	68	4	44	11	47	23	58
Florida State U. English	15	44	4	18	41	80	22	67	26	69
Fordham U. English	114	119	115	119	112	118	34	79	92	118
George Washing- ton U. English	98	113	91	111	112	119	4	30	63	103
Georgia State U. English	67	97	62	91	96	112	10	47	38	84
Harvard U. English & American Lit. & Lang.	1	2	1	2	5	39	71	101	1	7
Howard U. English	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton English	21	51	19	41	52	96	62	100	17	52
Johns Hopkins U. English	7	36	4	12	11	56	114	118	21	70
Kent State U. Main Campus English	86	106	76	103	48	99	71	105	96	116
Lehigh U. English	104	115	98	113	29	80	102	115	96	116
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge English	38	71	39	72	21	80	65	99	47	89
Loyola U. Chicago English	82	103	70	98	65	100	91	110	75	106
Marquette U. English	106	116	29	62	110	115	91	112	100	117
Miami U. (Ohio) English	77	103	89	110	26	91	4	32	80	110
Michigan State U. English	40	71	90	110	58	93	1	8	42	84
New York U. English and American Literature	19	49	9	27	70	98	51	91	6	31
North- eastern U. English	79	106	47	76	53	110	57	100	70	106
Northern Illinois U. English	77	103	52	87	22	90	57	98	87	113
North- western U. English	9	33	30	58	16	66	3	20	9	45
Ohio State U. Main Campus English	42	79	73	98	4	70	22	62	21	62
Ohio U. Main Campus English	103	115	117	119	17	62	62	99	95	116
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus English	93	109	88	109	97	111	63	100	69	105
Pennsyl- vania State U. English	4	19	12	36	1	67	19	56	13	48
Princeton U. English	1	3	1	3	2	39	12	48	1	7
Purdue U. Main Campus English	27	55	31	66	25	67	38	80	15	58
Rice U. English	23	54	54	81	21	93	4	30	41	87
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Literatures in English	16	44	25	52	39	87	7	36	7	29
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale English	100	113	109	117	26	83	61	94	90	117
Stanford U. English	2	3	2	4	8	44	8	39	1	9
State U. of New York at Albany English	49	84	28	60	30	80	66	100	58	93
State U. of New York at Stony Brook English	76	99	84	109	53	94	12	50	62	97
Syracuse U. Main Campus English	99	114	79	107	66	104	54	94	95	118
Temple U. English	34	68	34	68	34	84	19	59	30	70
Texas A&M U. English	69	97	85	107	17	83	17	56	60	95
Texas Christian U. English	98	111	104	116	87	104	23	65	97	116
Texas Tech U. English	86	104	114	119	3	28	51	88	85	114
Tufts U. English	39	69	71	97	28	78	5	37	32	78
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) English	81	101	79	103	37	76	65	98	34	75
U. of Alabama English Language and Literature	55	88	66	94	18	66	16	52	54	92
U. of Arizona English	42	76	35	65	13	60	95	112	29	69
U. of Arkansas Main Campus English	61	94	39	76	1	27	118	119	56	102
U. of California at Berkeley English	27	56	43	72	67	96	24	63	2	17
U. of California at Davis English	44	75	74	97	30	82	37	82	38	79
U. of California at Irvine English	40	76	36	68	35	89	69	102	17	51
U. of California at Los Angeles English	11	40	35	65	39	94	3	29	4	34
U. of California at Riverside English	13	40	21	45	9	59	2	22	18	59
U. of California at Santa Barbara English	15	45	13	36	91	107	66	100	16	46
U. of Chicago English Language and Literature	8	31	15	36	35	91	31	73	8	34
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus English and Comparative Literature	59	95	46	80	3	49	104	116	50	90
U. of Colorado at Boulder English	90	105	65	91	81	104	20	61	83	108
U. of Connec- ticut English Ph.D.	7	35	8	29	8	75	18	56	19	55
U. of Connec- ticut Medieval Studies Ph.D.	50	91	7	26	110	118	62	99	41	100
U. of Dallas Literature	116	119	108	117	111	118	93	111	103	118
U. of Delaware English	69	97	71	97	6	52	102	115	43	90
U. of Florida English	75	100	68	97	38	90	27	67	45	83
U. of Georgia English	53	84	56	86	29	75	51	92	23	61
U. of Hawaii- Manoa English	101	114	64	94	94	107	78	106	94	116
U. of Houston main campus English	96	111	30	64	100	111	26	70	107	119
U. of Illinois at Chicago English	5	24	5	21	6	41	22	61	14	42
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign English	23	53	61	89	22	71	13	51	21	54
U. of Iowa English	44	79	23	51	64	97	48	89	35	71
U. of Kansas English	45	80	49	85	42	85	4	25	61	100
U. of Kentucky English	6	27	23	57	11	51	4	27	34	82
U. of Louisiana at Lafayette English	108	116	108	117	41	85	80	106	94	117
U. of Maryland at College Park English Language and Literature	33	61	40	71	41	84	4	31	11	40
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst English	52	86	68	93	24	80	48	87	20	61
U. of Memphis English	71	96	71	100	29	79	37	84	68	102
U. of Miami English Language and Literature	27	63	107	116	4	68	1	3	23	69
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor English Language and Literature	4	10	6	23	8	57	37	81	6	32
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities English	63	92	72	99	30	81	45	88	39	84
U. of Mississippi English	44	81	25	59	31	94	89	108	47	87
U. of Missouri at Columbia English	30	61	83	107	1	11	31	73	19	63
U. of Missouri at Kansas City English	62	105	11	40	59	113	65	107	93	119
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln English	41	75	31	65	89	105	18	56	49	94
U. of Nevada at Reno English	109	118	104	117	93	112	101	116	99	117
U. of New Hampshire English	24	67	17	46	19	96	24	73	57	98
U. of New Mexico Main Campus English	65	96	105	117	104	114	2	16	22	86
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill English	34	71	40	72	95	111	53	94	5	38
U. of North Carolina at Greensboro English	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of North Dakota Main Campus English	59	92	83	105	12	68	25	77	59	114
U. of North Texas English	116	119	67	95	117	119	57	95	99	119
U. of Notre Dame English	10	35	33	66	3	34	7	38	11	39
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus English	24	54	54	83	38	91	3	24	48	89
U. of Oregon English	79	100	93	111	92	105	36	82	30	80
U. of Pennsyl- vania English	4	17	4	15	8	53	49	90	8	28
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus English	46	80	94	111	21	75	29	73	39	84
U. of Rochester English	10	39	4	16	21	92	53	92	19	59
U. of South Carolina at Columbia English	12	42	15	36	2	27	69	101	14	51
U. of South Florida English	102	115	57	90	113	119	6	35	85	117
U. of Southern California English	48	80	29	68	67	99	17	57	42	83
U. of Southern Mississippi English	101	115	89	111	95	108	16	54	102	119
U. of Tennessee English	45	80	89	109	5	48	96	114	46	84
U. of Texas at Austin English	19	53	28	62	5	65	35	76	9	35
U. of Texas at Dallas Studies in Literature	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Utah English	53	87	34	69	5	39	110	117	39	88
U. of Virginia English Language & Literature	21	54	21	44	4	41	100	113	10	40
U. of Washing- ton English	46	81	67	98	63	96	40	77	27	68
U. of Wisconsin at Madison English	6	29	8	27	24	69	10	43	5	23
U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee English	60	88	86	109	52	88	9	41	63	94
Vanderbilt U. English	4	14	25	50	2	29	5	32	7	30
Washing- ton State U. English	26	59	23	56	17	60	14	50	60	100
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis English and American Literature	78	101	68	92	61	102	74	106	36	77
Wayne State U. English	51	84	47	76	37	80	44	83	57	93
Western Michigan U. English	53	90	37	71	24	87	99	115	66	100
Yale U. English	5	23	7	23	6	39	83	106	2	12
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.