2019 Most Affordable Online Colleges for English Degrees
With tuition rates under $13,000 per year, all 25 of the following schools offer affordable bachelor's in English degrees. Ranked #1, Clayton State University offers a Bachelor of Arts in English with concentrations in Literature and Writing. Tuition for this degree is only $6,060 per year. Great Basin College, ranked #3, offers a BA in English for $7,282 annually. Students can take classes such as Introduction to Children's Literature, News Reporting and Writing, and Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
You can read more about our ranked schools below or browse our 2019 rankings of the most affordable online master's in english programs. View our methodology or learn more about SR Education Group.
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| Rank | College | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Clayton State University | $6,060 | |
| #2 The Baptist College of Florida | $6,900 | |
| #3 Great Basin College | $7,282 | |
| #4 American Public University System | $8,100 | |
| #5 Nicholls State University | $8,250 | |
| #6 Clarion University | $8,334 | |
| #7 Missouri State University | $8,850 | |
| #8 University of Central Florida | $9,000 | |
| #9 Indiana University - Bloomington | $9,460 | |
| #10 (tie) Holy Apostles | $9,600 | |
| #10 (tie) Southern New Hampshire University Online | $9,600 | |
| #12 Indiana University - East | $9,640 | |
| #13 Thomas Edison State University | $9,967 | |
| #14 Arizona State University | $10,104 | |
| #15 Antioch University-Midwest | $10,500 | |
| #16 Eastern Oregon University | $10,800 | |
| #17 King University | $11,008 | |
| #18 Columbia College | $11,250 | |
| #19 Washington State University | $11,329 | |
| #20 University of Massachusetts-Lowell | $11,400 | |
| #21 University of Maine at Presque Isle | $11,940 | |
| #22 University of Illinois at Springfield | $12,105 | |
| #23 Ohio Christian University | $12,480 | |
| #24 University of Memphis | $12,600 | |
| #25 Rogers State University | $12,720 |
- Annual Tuition: $6,060
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 41%
- Example Classes:
British Literature Before 1660; Careers in Writing; Critical Theory; Cultural Rhetorics; Exploring Socio-Culture Perspectives; Introduction to Literary Studies
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $6,900
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 59%
- Example Classes:
Advanced Composition: Theory and Practice; American Prose Writers: World War I - Present; Colonial American Literature; Creative Nonfiction: Writing About Spiritual Experiences; Studies in the Short Story; The Humanities: Ancient to Medieval
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,282
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Introduction to Children's Literature; News Reporting and Writing; Principles of Modern Grammar; Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Literature; The Rhetoric of Everyday Texts
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,100
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and DEAC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Freelance Writing; History of the American Indian; The Personal Essay; The Work and Life of Ernest Hemingway; World Literature since the Renaissance; World Literature Through the Renaissance
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $8,250
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 83%
- Example Classes:
Bayou Literature and Culture; Digital Rhetorics–Theory and Practice, and Publishing; Eighteenth Century Literature; History of Rhetoric from the Classical Period to the Present; The Literature of the Middle Ages; Topics in Film
Online Bachelor's Degrees (3)
- Annual Tuition: $8,334
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 94%
- Example Classes:
American Literature; Early British Literature; Early World Literature; Intro. to African-American Literature; Later British Literature
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $8,850
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 84%
- Example Classes:
Creative Writing: Poetry; Grammar Skills; Great Books and Instant Classics; Introduction to Careers in Technical and Professional Writing; Language Skills; Mini Literature; Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 50%
- Example Classes:
Continental European Fiction Since 1900; Harlem, Haiti, and Havana; Hypertext Theory and Design; Literature of the South; Methods of Bibliography and Research; Milton and His Age; Modern Drama As Literature; Nineteenth Century British Prose; Production and Publication Methods; Proposal Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (3)
- Annual Tuition: $9,460
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 79%
- Example Classes:
Intro to World Lit in English; Reading, Writing, & Inquiry; The Craft of Poetry
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
#10
Holy Apostles
- Annual Tuition: $9,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Epistemology; Humanities in Ancient World; Humanities in Early Christian World; Logic; Moral Theology; Research and Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Acceptance Rate: 93%
- Example Classes:
American Modernism; Graduate Seminar in Global Literature; Graduate Studies in Gender and Text; Graduate Studies in Multi-Ethnic Literature; Graduate Studies in Post-Colonial Encounters; Nonfiction Writing Workshop; Playwriting Workshop; Poetry Writing Workshop; Shakespeare; The English Language
- Annual Tuition: $9,640
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 60%
- Example Classes:
American Ethnic and Minority Literature; American Fiction to 1900; Literary Interpretation; Native American Literature; Studies in British or Commonwealth; Technical Editing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,967
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Asian Literature; Children’s Literature; Comparative Literature; History of English Language; Literary Criticism; Poetry; Science Fiction; Shakespeare; Technical Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,104
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 75%
- Example Classes:
Contemporary Critical Theories; Critical Reading and Writing About Literature; Elements of English Language and Cultures; Introduction to Creative Writing; Introduction to Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies; Pedagogy; Research Methods; Theories of Change, Culture and Mind; Topics in Contemporary Literature; World Literature
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: Not Provided
- Example Classes:
American Literature; Creative Nonfiction; English Literature; History of the English Language; Multi-Genre Writing; Playwriting & Performance; Poetry Writing; Shakespeare; Short Story Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,800
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Acceptance Rate: 97%
- Example Classes:
Approaches to Grammar; Introduction to Rhetoric; Literacy, Discrimination, and Power; Multicultural Literature and Film; Writing in the Community
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
#17
King University
- Annual Tuition: $11,008
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 51%
- Example Classes:
Adolescent Literature; Appalachian Literature; British Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century; Faith and the Literary Imagination; Rhetorical and Narrative Patterns; Survey of World Literature
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
#18
Columbia College
- Annual Tuition: $11,250
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
Descriptive Grammar of the English Language; Ethnic Traditions in American Literature; Literary Theory and Criticism; Major Literary Figures; Major Literary Periods; Readings in Shakespeare
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $11,329
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Acceptance Rate: 72%
- Example Classes:
Critical Theories, Methods, and Practice in Digital Humanities; English Literature of the 16th Century; Phonology; Seminar in Medieval Literature; Seminar in Prose Fiction; Topics in Composition and Rhetoric
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,400
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Acceptance Rate: 61%
- Example Classes:
English Studies in a Digital Environment; Great Books of the Modern Period; Monsters, Apes & Nightmares; Mystery Writing; Post Colonial Literature; The Gothic Tradition in Literature
Online Bachelor's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $11,940
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Acceptance Rate: 77%
- Example Classes:
Contemporary World Literature; Enlightenment and Rise of Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures; Introduction to Professional Communication & Journalism; Medieval and Early Modern Literatures and Cultures; Modern and Contemporary Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,105
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 65%
- Example Classes:
Calabash: Caribbean Literature and Culture; Children's and Young Adult Literature; Sociolinguistics and English Studies; Textual Criticism; Women Playwrights; Writing the Long Essay and the Nonfiction Chapter
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,480
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and ABHE
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
18th Century Novel; Editing Essentials; History and Nature of the English Language; Literary Criticism; Modern Rhetorical Theory; Studies in Shakespeare
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 57%
- Example Classes:
Children's Literature; Literary Heritage; Mythic Backgrounds in Lit; Place/Time in American Lit; Southern Literature
- Annual Tuition: $12,720
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes:
English Grammar and Usage; Literary Traditions; Literature for Children and Young Adults; Poetry Writing; The Novel
Online Bachelor's Degrees (1)
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