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

English is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 bachelor's degrees in english during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on english students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other english students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized english related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best English Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for english students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

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

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in english needs to look into Georgetown University. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in english from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in english. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a bachelor’s in english from George Washington University

Best English Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	2,647
Pennsylvania	698	1,303
Maryland	370	674
New Jersey	351	856
Delaware	224	109

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English Related Rankings by Major

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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). More about our data sources and methodologies.