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World's Best Universities: English Language and Literature

English language and literature students often take classes on subjects such as creative writing and rhetoric. Graduates can pursue careers in education, journalism, and many more fields. These are the world's top universities for English language and literature. See the methodology.

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Rank	School	Overall Score	Academic Reputation Score	Employer Reputation Score
#1	Harvard University United States	98.8	100.0	88.2
#2	University of Oxford United Kingdom	94.3	93.7	100.0
#3	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	89.9	89.5	93.1
#4	University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States	85.5	88.6	57.7
#5	Yale University United States	80.4	82.9	57.4
#6	Columbia University United States	72.5	75.3	46.8
#7	University of Toronto Canada	72.2	74.2	53.8
#8	Stanford University United States	70.0	71.9	52.6
#9	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States	66.9	67.0	66.0
#10	University of Chicago United States	66.0	69.5	34.2
#11	Princeton University United States	65.5	69.4	30.2
#12	McGill University Canada	64.5	65.8	53.1
#13	University of British Columbia (UBC) Canada	61.9	64.5	38.0
#14	University of Melbourne Australia	59.6	60.5	51.8
#15	Cornell University United States	58.4	62.5	21.9
#16	National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore	57.7	60.1	35.8
#17	University of Sydney Australia	57.5	58.8	45.3
#18	Duke University United States	55.8	56.7	47.3
#19	Peking University China	55.1	57.6	32.2
#20	The University of Tokyo Japan	54.8	58.0	26.0
#21	University of Hong Kong (HKU) Hong Kong	54.5	56.2	39.6
#22	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	54.2	54.7	49.8
#23	University of Michigan United States	53.2	55.9	29.3
#24	UCL (University College London) United Kingdom	51.0	50.9	52.0
#25	New York University (NYU) United States	49.8	51.4	35.0

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