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Colleges for the Student Who Wants to Major in English

Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in English...after all, it's a core subject. But where can you find English departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.

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• Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
• Alverno College (Milwaukee, WI)
• Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
• Arcadia University (Glenside, PA)
• Baldwin–Wallace College (Berea, OH)
• Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
• Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
• Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
• Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
• Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
• Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
• Centre College (Danville, KY)
• Chapman University (Orange, CA)
• Colby–Sawyer College (New London, NH)
• Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
• College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Connecticut College (New London, CT)
• Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
• DePauw University (Greencastle, IN)
• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
• Drake University (Des Moines, IA)
• Duke University (Durham, NC)
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
• Fordham University (New York, NY)
• George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
• Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)
• Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)
• Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)
• Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
• Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Haverford College (Haverford, PA)
• Hollins University (Roanoke, VA)
• Howard University (Washington, DC)
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
• Kean University (Union, NJ)
• Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
• Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
• Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
• Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)
• Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, VA)
• McDaniel College (Westminster, MD)
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)
• Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
• Naropa University (Boulder, CO)
• Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
• Otterbein University (Westerville, OH)
• Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
• Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
• Ripon College (Ripon, WI)
• Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
• SUNY — Binghamton (Binghamton, NY)
• SUNY — Purchase College (Purchase, NY)
• Schreiner University (Kerrville, TX)
• Smith College (Northampton, MA)
• Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)
• Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
• St. Mary's University of San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
• The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
• The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
• The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
• The University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
• The University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
• The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
• Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
• Tufts University (Medford, MA)
• Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
• University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• University of Denver (Denver, CO)
• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
• University of Mississippi (University, MS)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville (Asheville, NC)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
• University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
• University of Redlands (Redlands, CA)
• University of Richmond (University of Richmond, VA)
• University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
• University of South Carolina — Columbia (Columbia, SC)
• University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
• Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, NC)
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
• Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA)
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
• Willamette University (Salem, OR)
• William Jewell College (Liberty, MO)
• Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
• Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
• Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• York University (Toronto, Ontario, CAN)