<p>That are somewhat well-known?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Hamilton college has a very strong writing program and requirement, if that's what you mean.</p>
<p>If you mean strong english departments, Middlebury comes to mind as tops.</p>
<p>If you're looking for creative writing, check out Oberlin and Kenyon.</p>
<p>Pratt, Sarah Lawrence, Emerson.</p>
<p>Pretty much any LAC will have a great focus on writing. But I'd say that Oberlin, Kenyon, Sarah Lawrence, Skidmore, Hamilton, Bard, etc. stand out the most. </p>
<p>Emerson is good too, but has a more journalistic / fine arts focus. It's a good school, but may not be quite what you want. </p>
<p>Than Iowa and UC Irvine are big names too, although more so at the graduate level.</p>
<p>I almost forgot: Franklin & Marshall and Colby are also really well-respected.</p>
<p>The University of Chicago has a very strong writing program. In fact, the core really teaches one how to write and be critical. I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>For women, Barnard writing program is stellar!</p>
<p>I'm a Creative Writing major at Oberlin and love it. Teachers are friendly and helpful. You need to apply to get into upper-level courses, but that makes the small classes much more motivated and focused. After a few intro workshops, there are special workshops (12 person max) in Screenwriting, Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Translation, as well as classes open to non-majors in Graphic Narrative (comics!) and Short Prose Forms. I'd recommend it.</p>
<p>fyi: some larger schools have "writing houses"</p>