Are humanities, particularly philosophy and English, good at NW?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>I know NW is known for its journalism, communications, and engineering programs but how are the humanities? Is there anything special about them?</p>

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<p>The English department is in the top-20 (graduate ranking) according to USN. USN doesn’t have philosophy ranking.</p>

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<p>[Alice</a> Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, WCAS, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/]Alice”>http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/)
[Kaplan</a> Humanities Scholars Program](<a href=“http://kaplanscholars.northwestern.edu/]Kaplan”>http://kaplanscholars.northwestern.edu/)
[Brady</a> Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www.bradyprogram.northwestern.edu/]Brady”>http://www.bradyprogram.northwestern.edu/)</p>

<p>As for Philosophy, it’s respectable, though not really on the same level as the other humanities departments. I’m a Philosophy major and I’ve enjoyed my classes and found the professors to be fairly good, but I’m not learning from many leading minds.</p>

<p>If you want more details/ insights on those programs, I can post more.</p>