<p>I'm entering community college fall 09 and hoping to major in english (or communications)
I'm in California & looking at UCB, UCLA, & UCD</p>
<p>I know UCLA is impacted with both majors so it's a matter of pre-reqs & GPA I guess.</p>
<p>What other schools would you recommend, in & outside of California?</p>
<p>Berkeley is the place to be for english majors. The program is tops.</p>
<p>These are the best GRADUATE English programs according to Gourman Report so I would assume they also have a strong English undergraduate program:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard University<br></li>
<li>University of California – Berkeley<br></li>
<li>Yale University<br></li>
<li>Stanford University<br></li>
<li>Princeton University<br></li>
<li>Cornell University<br></li>
<li>University of Chicago<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University<br></li>
<li>University of Virginia – Charlottesville<br></li>
<li>Columbia University<br></li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania<br></li>
<li>University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)<br></li>
<li>Brown University<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan – Ann Arbor<br></li>
<li>Indiana University – Bloomington<br></li>
<li>University of California – Irvine<br></li>
<li>University of Wisconsin – Madison<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University<br></li>
<li>University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill<br></li>
<li>CUNY – Graduate Center<br></li>
<li>University of Texas – Austin<br></li>
<li>University of Iowa<br></li>
<li>New York University (NYU)<br></li>
<li>University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign<br></li>
<li>Duke University<br></li>
<li>University of Washington – Seattle<br></li>
<li>University of Notre Dame<br></li>
<li>State University of New York – Stony Brook (SUNY)<br></li>
<li>University at Buffalo – SUNY<br></li>
<li>University of California – San Diego (UCSD)<br></li>
<li>University of Maryland – College Park<br></li>
<li>University of Rochester<br></li>
<li>University of Southern California (USC)<br></li>
<li>Emory University<br></li>
<li>Ohio State University – Columbus<br></li>
<li>Michigan State University<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University – University Park<br></li>
<li>University of Massachusetts – Amherst<br></li>
<li>University of Minnesota – Twin Cities<br></li>
<li>Claremont Graduate University<br></li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis<br></li>
<li>Vanderbilt University<br></li>
<li>University of Colorado – Boulder<br></li>
<li>Rice University<br></li>
<li>Brandeis University<br></li>
<li>Boston University<br></li>
<li>Tufts University<br></li>
<li>University of California – Davis<br></li>
<li>Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey – New Brunswick<br></li>
<li>University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee</li>
</ol>
<p>^yes I would assume so too.</p>
<p>You should also look at LAC’s because many have outstanding English programs that are focused on undergrads. Grad rankings are based mostly on the accomplishments of professors and graduate students, not on the learning outcomes of undergraduates. Swarthmore, Williams, Pomona,l Middlebury, Oberlin, Grinnell and many other LAC’s have great programs, as do schools like Berkeley and UCLA.</p>
<p>English is a field where you don’t need expensive labs, etc, so the size of the program should not matter that much. While looking at schools, look at the breadth and depth of courses that interest you. The programs listed above have large (extensive) programs. Focus on any school with good graduate placement and career placement.</p>