Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college


50 majors, 35 minors, and self-design options offered


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Alumni

Graduates of Beloit's English department have gone on to pursue careers in education, editing, writing, and news reporting. Many others have found rewarding careers in law, business, and medicine. In typical Beloit fashion, many of our graduates have put together careers and lives for themselves that attest to their creativity and intellectual curiosity.

Beloit is a leading college nationwide in the production of future recipients of masters and doctoral degrees. Recent English alums are enrolled in or have completed graduate programs at the following institutions:

  • University of Arizona;
  • Art Institute of Chicago;
  • Boston College;
  • University of California-Berkeley;
  • University of California-Irvine;
  • University of California-Los Angeles;
  • University of California-Santa Cruz;
  • Carnegie Mellon University;
  • Columbia University;
  • Cornell University;
  • University of Chicago;
  • Hamline University ;
  • Harvard University;
  • George Mason University;
  • University of Illinois-Chicago;
  • University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign;
  • Indiana University;
  • University of Iowa;
  • University of Minnesota;
  • University of Montana;
  • Northern Illinois University;
  • Northwestern University;
  • Pennsylvania State University;
  • Purdue University;
  • Rice University;
  • Sarah Lawrence University;
  • Southern Illinois University;
  • SUNY/Buffalo;
  • University of Washington-Seattle;
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.