Best English Language and Literature colleges in Illinois 2024

Best English Language and Literature colleges in Illinois for 2024

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Northwestern University offers 4 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a very large, private not-for-profit, four-year university in a small city. In 2022, 73 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 56 Bachelor's degrees, 9 Master's degrees, and 8 Doctoral degrees.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a very large, public, four-year university in a small city. In 2022, 115 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 94 Bachelor's degrees, 13 Master's degrees, and 8 Doctoral degrees.

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Illinois State University offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a very large, public, four-year university in a midsize suburb. In 2022, 120 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 106 Bachelor's degrees, 9 Master's degrees, and 5 Doctoral degrees.

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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English Language and Literature Degree Program

Discover a world of education, culture, and pioneers in scholarship in one of the Midwest’s largest cities. The University of Chicago’s mission says, “In all we do, we are driven to dig deeper, push further, and ask bigger questions — and to leverage our knowledge to enrich all human life.” The English department nurtures the love students and faculty share for novels, poems, plays, paintings, films, comics, video games, and other art forms. The department also guides students in asking theoretical and philosophical questions related to literature and culture, as well as fosters critical thinking and research skills to find possible answers. In this major, you’ll learn a wide variety of literary-critical approaches that will guide you in your personal and professional life. You’ll attend a large university and reap the benefits of world-class research and diversity. But at the same time, you’ll feel like you’re at a small liberal arts college in the English department, with small courses led by discussions and professors who will know your name and care about your progress through freshman year to graduation and beyond. The department refers to itself as an “intellectual melting pot,” with classes from Medieval Epic to Shakespeare to Radical Documentary to the literature of 9/11.

University of Illinois Chicago offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a very large, public, four-year university in a large city. In 2022, 102 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 73 Bachelor's degrees, 20 Master's degrees, and 9 Doctoral degrees.

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Loyola University Chicago offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a large, private not-for-profit, four-year university in a large city. In 2022, 66 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 53 Bachelor's degrees, 10 Master's degrees, and 3 Doctoral degrees.

Northern Illinois University offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a large, public, four-year university in a small suburb. In 2022, 63 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 43 Bachelor's degrees, 13 Master's degrees, and 7 Doctoral degrees.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale offers 3 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a large, public, four-year university in a small city. In 2022, 21 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 19 Bachelor's degrees, and 2 Doctoral degrees.

Northeastern Illinois University offers 2 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a medium sized, public, four-year university in a large city. In 2022, 34 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 24 Bachelor's degrees, and 10 Master's degrees.

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

DePaul University offers 2 English Language and Literature, General degree programs. It's a very large, private not-for-profit, four-year university in a large city. In 2022, 54 English Language and Literature, General students graduated with students earning 50 Bachelor's degrees, and 4 Master's degrees.

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School Average Tuition Student Teacher Ratio Enrolled Students
Northwestern University Logo Northwestern University Evanston, IL
5/5
15 : 1 23,161
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Logo University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
4/5
24 : 1 56,916
Illinois State University Logo Illinois State University Normal, IL
3/5
23 : 1 20,683
University of Chicago Logo University of Chicago Chicago, IL
5/5
11 : 1 18,339
University of Illinois Chicago Logo University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL
4/5
19 : 1 33,747