English Language and Literature General

A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1398 institutions across the United States, with a total of 106846 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

432

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

2,646

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

27,318

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,937

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,023

degrees awarded

Other Awards

71,412

awards given

Top Schools for English Language and Literature General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	2,046
2	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	1,104
3	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	1,065
4	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	966
5	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	906
6	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	759
7	Paris Junior College Paris, TX	732
8	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	696
9	Florida International University Miami, FL	648
10	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	645
11	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	645
12	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	582
13	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	573
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	558
15	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	549
16	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	510
17	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	507
18	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	504
19	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	504
20	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	501
21	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	501
22	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	492
23	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	489
24	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	486
25	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	474
26	Manhattan School of Computer Technology Brooklyn, NY	472
27	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	471
28	University of North Texas Denton, TX	465
29	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	453
30	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	435
31	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	435
32	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	420
33	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	411
34	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	411
35	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	387
36	Fordham University Bronx, NY	387
37	University of Houston Houston, TX	384
38	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	383
39	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	378
40	Illinois State University Normal, IL	378
41	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	369
42	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	369
43	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	366
44	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	363
45	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	360
46	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	348
47	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	342
48	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	339
49	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	339
50	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	336
51	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	330
52	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	330
53	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	327
54	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	327
55	University of Georgia Athens, GA	327
56	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	324
57	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	321
58	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	318
59	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	318
60	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	315
61	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	312
62	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	309
63	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	306
64	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	306
65	Washington State University Pullman, WA	303
66	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	303
67	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	297
68	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	297
69	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	297
70	Utah State University Logan, UT	294
71	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	294
72	National University San Diego, CA	291
73	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	291
74	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	291
75	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	288
76	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	288
77	Portland State University Portland, OR	288
78	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	282
79	University at Albany Albany, NY	276
80	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	273
81	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	270
82	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	270
83	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	267
84	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	264
85	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	264
86	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	261
87	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	258
88	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	258
89	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	255
90	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	252
91	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	252
92	Boston University Boston, MA	252
93	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	252
94	Brown University Providence, RI	249
95	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	249
96	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	249
97	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	249
98	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	246
99	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	243
100	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	243