2025 Best English Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you pursue a doctor's degree in english, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of english. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 doctor's degrees in english during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on english students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other english students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized english related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for english students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best English Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study English in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in english.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in English Language

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in english has to check out Duke University. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in english from Duke University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in english. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in english from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Best English Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best English Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	50
Georgia	190	17
Virginia	182	9
Mississippi	154	9
Tennessee	150	25
Louisiana	146	16
Alabama	139	7
South Carolina	135	6
Kentucky	119	23
Arkansas	74	3
West Virginia	61	1

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English Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.