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Largest English language and literature programs in New York

New York English language and literature programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year158
2Manhattan School of Computer TechnologyBrooklynPrivate nonprofit, 2-year152
3CUNY Hunter CollegeNew YorkPublic, 4-year128
4Fordham UniversityBronxPrivate nonprofit, 4-year104
5CUNY Queens CollegeQueensPublic, 4-year99
6State University of New York at New PaltzNew PaltzPublic, 4-year97
7Binghamton UniversityVestalPublic, 4-year94
8Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookPublic, 4-year92
9CUNY Lehman CollegeBronxPublic, 4-year82
10College of Staten Island CUNYStaten IslandPublic, 4-year70
11CUNY City CollegeNew YorkPublic, 4-year63
12University at AlbanyAlbanyPublic, 4-year60
13Cornell UniversityIthacaPrivate nonprofit, 4-year51
14Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SpringsPrivate nonprofit, 4-year50
15Barnard CollegeNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year48
16University of RochesterRochesterPrivate nonprofit, 4-year44
17CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklynPublic, 4-year43
18CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew YorkPublic, 2-year36
19St. John's University-New YorkQueensPrivate nonprofit, 4-year35
20Mercy UniversityDobbs FerryPrivate nonprofit, 4-year34
21Syracuse UniversitySyracusePrivate nonprofit, 4-year34
22SUNY BrockportBrockportPublic, 4-year33
23SUNY Old WestburyOld WestburyPublic, 4-year32
24Colgate UniversityHamiltonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year31
25SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseoPublic, 4-year31

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.