Best for a major
Best for english
Where english is the biggest part of what the school does: the share of bachelor's degrees awarded in the field.
17.8%
#1 · Bard College
Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
2.1%
Median
of 410 schools, Division III
8.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
10.0%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division III
#1 · Bard Collegeevery school
The spread across 410 schools; the median is 2.1%.
How it is measured
First majors, bachelor’s degrees; schools awarding at least 100 bachelor’s degrees. Share, not headcount: a big university can award more degrees and still rank lower.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Share of bachelor's degrees in english | In this field | Bachelor's a year | Undergrads | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bard College Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | 17.8% | 75 | 422 | 2,453 | |
| 2 | Kenyon College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH | 14.7% | 55 | 374 | 2,184 | |
| 3 | Hollins University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA | 14.5% | 21 | — | 673 | |
| 4 | Warren Wilson College Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Swannonoa, NC | 13.5% | 21 | 156 | 742 | |
| 5 | Wabash College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Crawfordsville, IN | 11.4% | 21 | — | 845 | |
| 6 | University of Dallas Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Irving, TX | 11.2% | 32 | 286 | 1,427 | |
| 7 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | 11.1% | 116 | 1,044 | 4,171 | |
| 8 | University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Greensburg, PA | 10.2% | 22 | 215 | 1,326 | |
| 9 | University of Minnesota, Morris Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Morris, MN | 10.1% | 19 | 189 | 1,020 | |
| 10 | Goucher College Division III · Landmark Conference · Baltimore, MD | 10.0% | 17 | 170 | 964 | |
| 11 | Hendrix College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR | 10.0% | 23 | 231 | 1,098 | |
| 12 | University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN | 10.0% | 40 | 401 | 1,615 | |
| 13 | Agnes Scott College Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA | 9.1% | 19 | — | 911 | |
| 14 | Randolph College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA | 9.0% | 9 | 100 | 541 | |
| 15 | Knox College Division III · Midwest Conference · Galesburg, IL | 8.9% | 20 | 225 | 1,001 | |
| 16 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | 8.1% | 26 | — | 1,349 | |
| 17 | Kalamazoo College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Kalamazoo, MI | 7.9% | 24 | 302 | 1,196 | |
| 18 | Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY | 7.8% | 50 | 640 | 2,776 | |
| 19 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | 7.6% | 37 | 488 | 2,048 | |
| 20 | Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA | 7.5% | 37 | 493 | 2,112 | |
| 21 | Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Wheaton, IL | 7.3% | 38 | 518 | 2,119 | |
| 22 | Washington College (Maryland) Division III · Centennial Conference · Chestertown, MD | 7.2% | 18 | 250 | 916 | |
| 23 | Whittier College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Whittier, CA | 7.1% | 17 | 239 | 813 | |
| 24 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges Division III · Liberty League · Geneva, NY | 7.0% | 25 | 356 | 1,618 | |
| 25 | Hamline University Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 6.7% | 26 | 389 | 1,710 | |
| 26 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | 6.7% | 51 | 766 | 3,066 | |
| 27 | Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR | 6.4% | 28 | 436 | 2,194 | |
| 28 | Lawrence University Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI | 6.3% | 23 | 364 | 1,410 | |
| 29 | Susquehanna University Division III · Landmark Conference · Selinsgrove, PA | 6.3% | 33 | 525 | 2,241 | |
| 30 | University of Maine, Farmington Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Farmington, ME | 6.3% | 18 | 287 | 1,605 | |
| 31 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Adams, MA | 6.2% | 10 | 161 | 836 | |
| 32 | Ripon College Division III · Midwest Conference · Ripon, WI | 6.2% | 8 | 130 | 734 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Superior Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Superior, WI | 6.2% | 27 | 433 | 2,086 | |
| 34 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | 6.0% | 30 | — | 2,209 | |
| 35 | St. Mary's College of Maryland Division III · United East Conference · St. Mary's City, MD | 6.0% | 20 | 336 | 1,577 | |
| 36 | Mount Aloysius College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Cresson, PA | 5.9% | 8 | 136 | 2,942 | |
| 37 | Austin College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX | 5.8% | 15 | 258 | 1,128 | |
| 38 | Centenary College (Louisiana) Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA | 5.8% | 6 | 104 | 620 | |
| 39 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | 5.8% | 36 | — | 2,506 | |
| 40 | Cornell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Mt. Vernon, IA | 5.7% | 12 | 210 | 1,082 | |
| 41 | Washington and Jefferson College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Washington, PA | 5.6% | 12 | 216 | 1,162 | |
| 42 | Asbury University Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Wilmore, KY | 5.5% | 16 | 290 | 1,638 | |
| 43 | Millsaps College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS | 5.5% | 7 | 128 | 582 | |
| 44 | Allegheny College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Meadville, PA | 5.4% | 16 | 294 | 1,231 | |
| 45 | Purchase College, State University of New York Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY | 5.4% | 37 | 686 | 3,165 | |
| 46 | Wilson College Division III · United East Conference · Chambersburg, PA | 5.4% | 7 | 130 | 1,180 | |
| 47 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | 5.3% | 26 | 486 | 1,910 | |
| 48 | Covenant College Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA | 5.3% | 9 | 169 | 908 | |
| 49 | Franciscan University of Steubenville Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Steubenville, OH | 5.3% | 29 | 551 | 2,978 | |
| 50 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | 5.3% | 27 | 514 | 1,911 | |
| 51 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | 5.2% | 34 | 656 | 2,966 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at New Paltz Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · New Paltz, NY | 5.2% | 75 | 1,456 | 6,504 | |
| 53 | University of Redlands Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Redlands, CA | 5.2% | 30 | 580 | 2,100 | |
| 54 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA | 5.2% | 19 | 362 | 1,778 | |
| 55 | Ohio Wesleyan University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Delaware, OH | 5.0% | 15 | 303 | 1,452 | |
| 56 | Thiel College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Greenville, PA | 5.0% | 9 | 179 | 819 | |
| 57 | University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA | 5.0% | 20 | 400 | 1,632 | |
| 58 | Arcadia University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Glenside, PA | 4.9% | 18 | 370 | 1,890 | |
| 59 | Rhodes College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN | 4.9% | 21 | 429 | 1,936 | |
| 60 | The College of Wooster Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH | 4.9% | 20 | 405 | 1,876 | |
| 61 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | 4.8% | 21 | 433 | 1,753 | |
| 62 | Beloit College Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI | 4.8% | 8 | 168 | 948 | |
| 63 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | 4.8% | 23 | 482 | 1,850 | |
| 64 | University of Mary Washington Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Fredericksburg, VA | 4.7% | 39 | 829 | 3,611 | |
| 65 | Whitman College Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA | 4.7% | 14 | 299 | 1,544 | |
| 66 | Lake Forest College Division III · Midwest Conference · Lake Forest, IL | 4.6% | 19 | 417 | 1,796 | |
| 67 | Whitworth University Division III · Northwest Conference · Spokane, WA | 4.6% | 23 | 496 | 1,939 | |
| 68 | Concordia College, Moorhead Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Moorhead, MN | 4.5% | 17 | 375 | 1,799 | |
| 69 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 4.5% | 23 | 513 | 2,142 | |
| 70 | Manhattanville University Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY | 4.5% | 14 | 308 | 1,329 | |
| 71 | Roanoke College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Salem, VA | 4.5% | 18 | 404 | 1,824 | |
| 72 | Belhaven University Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS | 4.4% | 13 | 297 | 1,452 | |
| 73 | Ursinus College Division III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA | 4.4% | 15 | 342 | 1,492 | |
| 74 | Clark University (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | 4.3% | 21 | 492 | 2,369 | |
| 75 | Eastern Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference · Willimantic, CT | 4.3% | 35 | 806 | 3,839 | |
| 76 | Gordon College Division III · Conference of New England · Wenham, MA | 4.3% | 13 | 305 | 1,293 | |
| 77 | The College of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Ewing, NJ | 4.3% | 69 | 1,589 | 7,073 | |
| 78 | Vassar College Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY | 4.3% | 25 | 581 | 2,456 | |
| 79 | Berry College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Mount Berry, GA | 4.2% | 20 | 475 | 2,226 | |
| 80 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | 4.2% | 16 | 383 | 1,775 | |
| 81 | Mount Saint Mary College (New York) Division III · Skyline Conference · Newburgh, NY | 4.2% | 14 | 336 | 1,897 | |
| 82 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | 4.1% | 22 | 532 | 2,284 | |
| 83 | Gallaudet University Division III · United East Conference · Washington, DC | 4.1% | 8 | 195 | 919 | |
| 84 | Hunter College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 4.1% | 128 | 3,140 | 17,378 | |
| 85 | Colorado College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO | 4.0% | 22 | 552 | 2,145 | |
| 86 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | 4.0% | 20 | 505 | 2,405 | |
| 87 | Hanover College Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Hanover, IN | 4.0% | 8 | 200 | 962 | |
| 88 | Pratt Institute Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 4.0% | 32 | 792 | 3,814 | |
| 89 | Saint Elizabeth University Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Morristown, NJ | 4.0% | 6 | 149 | 670 | |
| 90 | Westminster College (Missouri) Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Fulton, MO | 4.0% | 5 | 124 | 593 | |
| 91 | Bridgewater State University Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Bridgewater, MA | 3.9% | 63 | 1,628 | 8,172 | |
| 92 | Houghton University Division III · Empire 8 · Houghton, NY | 3.9% | 6 | 152 | 975 | |
| 93 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | 3.9% | 21 | 533 | 2,237 | |
| 94 | Webster University Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO | 3.9% | 21 | 544 | 2,204 | |
| 95 | Carleton College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | 3.8% | 16 | 424 | 2,069 | |
| 96 | LaGrange College Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · LaGrange, GA | 3.8% | 4 | 104 | 582 | |
| 97 | Lyon College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR | 3.8% | 4 | 104 | 584 | |
| 98 | Salem State University Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Salem, MA | 3.8% | 40 | 1,042 | 4,853 | |
| 99 | Southern Virginia University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA | 3.8% | 6 | 156 | 967 | |
| 100 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | 3.7% | 12 | 328 | 1,819 |
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