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Graduate Program Rankings
Researching Graduate Programs in English

The following is a list of the top grad programs in the country that offer a Ph.D. in English Literature. These rankings were done in 2001 by US News and World Report. Please note that other services, such as Peterson's, will have different rankings than those provided here and you should go to the library to do a more thorough search on schools that you are interested in attending. The categories are then broken down into more specific temporal and geographic fields (i.e. 18th to 20th c. British Literature).

Note: While most schools like to see that you have a particular area or focus when you apply (and you should apply to schools that have a noted strength in your area of interest), you also want to apply to programs that are strong overall as well. All of these programs have substantial information about their departments and specific requirements on the web. If you click on the name of the school you are interested in, you will be taken to that school's home page. For general information about applying to graduate school go to our Researching Graduate School site.

If you want more information about that school's grad programs in general, go to the "Graduate Information" links. If you are looking to apply online or have an application sent to you, go to the "Prospective Students" link offered on most of the homepages. Make sure to check out your department's homepage as well to get a better sense of where that particular program is heading. Several programs encourage you to submit part of your application online, or to download (using .pdf format) the application from their website.

English - Ph.D (2001)

Rank School Average Reputation Score (5 = highest)
1. Harvard University (MA) 4.8
  Stanford University (CA) 4.8
  University of California - Berkeley 4.8
  Yale University (CT) 4.8
5. University of Chicago 4.7
6. Cornell University (NY) 4.6
  Princeton University (NJ) 4.6
8. Columbia University (NY) 4.5
  Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.5
10. University of Pennsylvania 4.4
11. University of California - Los Angeles 4.3
  University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 4.3
  University of Virginia 4.3
14. Brown University (RI) 4.2
15. Duke University (NC) 4.1
  University of California - Irvine 4.1
17. University of Wisconsin - Madison 4.0
18. Northwestern University (IL) 3.9
  Rutgers State University - New Brunswick (NJ) 3.9
  University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign 3.9
  University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 3.9
  University of Texas - Austin 3.9
23. Indiana University - Bloomington 3.8
  University of Washington 3.8
25. New York University 3.7
26. CUNY Graduate School and University Center 3.6
27. Pennsylvania State University - University Park 3.5
  University of Iowa 3.5
  Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.5
30. Emory University (GA) 3.4
  University of California - Davis 3.4
  University of California - Santa Barbara 3.4
  University of Pittsburgh 3.4
34. Claremont Graduate School (CA) 3.3
  Ohio State University - Columbus 3.3
  Rice University (TX) 3.3
  University of Maryland - College Park 3.3
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 3.3
39. Brandeis University (MA) 3.2
  University at Buffalo (NY) 3.2
  University of California - San Diego 3.2
  University of California - Santa Cruz 3.2
  University of Massachusetts - Amherst 3.2
  University of Southern California 3.2
  Washington University in St. Louis 3.2
46. Tufts University (MA) 3.1
  University of Arizona 3.1
  University of California - Riverside 3.1
  University of Florida 3.1
  University of Illinois - Chicago 3.1
  University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 3.1
52. University of Colorado - Boulder 3.0
  University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.0
54. Boston University 2.9
  Michigan State University 2.9
  Tulane University (LA) 2.9
  University of Oregon 2.9
  University of Rochester (NY) 2.9
59. Texas A&M University - College Station 2.8
  University of Kansas 2.8
  University of Utah 2.8
62. Binghamton University (NY) 2.7
  Boston College 2.7
  Miami University - OXford (OH) 2.7
  Purdue University - West Lafayette (IN) 2.7
  SUNY - Stony Brook 2.7
  University of Connecticut 2.7
  University of Delaware 2.7
  University of Georgia 2.7
  University of Kentucky 2.7
71. Fordham University (NY) 2.6
  Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge 2.6
  Syracuse University (NY) 2.6
  Temple University (PA) 2.6
  University of Missouri - Columbia 2.6
  University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2.6
  University of Oklahoma 2.6
  University of Tennessee - Knoxville 2.6
79. Arizona State University 2.5
  George Washington University (DC) 2.5
  University of New Mexico 2.5

English Specialities

The following lists denote schools that are strong in particular fields. There are some fields missing here, and all students are advised to go to the library to do more up-to-date research on each program and its associated faculty. Please see the above list for links to each particular school.

English Specialties: Medieval/Renaissance Literature (2001)
1. University of California­Berkeley
2. Yale University (CT)
3. Harvard University (MA)
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. Columbia University (NY)
6. University of California­Los Angeles
7. Stanford University (CA)
8. University of Chicago
9. University of Virginia
10. University of Notre Dame (IN)
11. Cornell University (NY)
11. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
13. Duke University (NC)
14. University of Maryland­College Park
15. Indiana University­Bloomington
15. Princeton University (NJ)
17. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
17. University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill
17. University of Texas­Austin

English Specialties: 18th to 20th Century British Literature (2001)
1. Yale University (CT)
2. University of California­Berkeley
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. Harvard University (MA)
6. University of Virginia
7. Cornell University (NY)
8. Princeton University (NJ)
9. Indiana University­Bloomington
9. University of Chicago
11. University of California­Los Angeles
12. Columbia University (NY)
12. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
14. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
15. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
16. Duke University (NC)
17. Brown University (RI)
18. New York University
18. University of Wisconsin­Madison
18. Vanderbilt University (TN)

English Specialties: Colonial American Literature (2001)
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. University of California­Berkeley
3. Yale University (CT)
4. University of Virginia
5. Columbia University (NY)
5. Stanford University (CA)
7. University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill
7. University of Pennsylvania
9. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
10. Duke University (NC)
11. University of Chicago
12. University of California­Los Angeles
13. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
14. Brown University (RI)
14. University of Delaware
16. Princeton University (NJ)

English Specialties: American Literature after 1865 (2001)
1. University of California­Berkeley
2. Harvard University (MA)
3. University of California­Los Angeles
4. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
5. Yale University (CT)
6. University of Virginia
7. University of Chicago
8. Duke University (NC)
8. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
10. Columbia University (NY)
11. Stanford University (CA)
12. Cornell University (NY)
12. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
14. University of Pennsylvania
15. Princeton University (NJ)
15. University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill
15. University of Wisconsin­Madison
18. University of Illinois­Urbana-Champaign
19. Brown University (RI)
19. Indiana University­Bloomington

English Specialties: African-American Literature (2001)
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. Duke University (NC)
3. Yale University (CT)
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. University of California­Berkeley
6. University of California­Los Angeles
6. University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill
8. Cornell University (NY)
9. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
9. Stanford University (CA)
9. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
9. University of Virginia
13. Columbia University (NY)
13. Emory University (GA)
13. Princeton University (NJ)
13. University of Wisconsin­Madison
17. University of Maryland­College Park

English Specialties: Gender and Literature (2001)
1. University of California­Berkeley
2. Duke University (NC)
3. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
4. New York University
5. Princeton University (NJ)
5. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
7. Cornell University (NY)
7. Stanford University (CA)
9. Columbia University (NY)
9. CUNY Graduate School and University Center
11. Brown University (RI)
11. Indiana University­Bloomington
13. Harvard University (MA)
14. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
14. University of California­Los Angeles
14. University of Minnesota­Twin Cities
14. Yale University (CT)
18. University of California­Santa Cruz
18. University of Chicago
20. University of California­Irvine
20. University of Pennsylvania
22. University of California­Davis
22. University of Wisconsin­Madison

English Specialties: Literary Criticism and Theory (2001)
1. University of California­Irvine
2. Duke University (NC)
3. University of California­Berkeley
4. Yale University (CT)
5. Cornell University (NY)
6. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
7. University of Chicago
8. Harvard University (MA)
9. Columbia University (NY)
10. Stanford University (CA)
11. University at Buffalo (NY)
12. Rutgers State University­New Brunswick (NJ)
13. New York University
14. Brown University (RI)
15. University of Michigan­Ann Arbor
16. University of California­Los Angeles
16. University of Pittsburgh
16. University of Virginia
19. University of Illinois­Urbana-Champaign
19. University of Minnesota­Twin Cities
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