General English Language & Literature
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General English Language & Literature degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and South Hooksett, NH. The most common degree awarded to students studying General English Language & Literature is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General English Language & Literature and the types of students that study this field. Southern New Hampshire University awards the most degrees in General English Language & Literature in the US, but Columbia College (455983) and Columbia Institute have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature.
Tuition costs for General English Language & Literature majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $33,625 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General English Language & Literature programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (784 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (26,349 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature, is Public, 4-year or above (26,349 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General English Language & Literature programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Southern New Hampshire University has the most General English Language & Literature degree recipients, with 606 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature.
Out of all institutions that offer General English Language & Literature programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Columbia College (455983) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature, with 87.3%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General English Language & Literature.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ English graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for English majors is $81,088 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
The industry that employs the most English majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Foundries.
The average salary for English majors is $81,088 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for English majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of English majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that English majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations English majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Postsecondary teachers, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of English majors working as Editors, Technical writers, and Writers & authors.
The highest paid occupations by median income for English majors are Surgeons, Nurse anesthetists, and Physicians.
The number of English graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.18%, from 1.48M in 2020 to 1.51M in 2021.
The largest single share of English graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (7.27%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in English by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ English majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Legal services.
The highest paying industries of English majors, by average wage, are Foundries, Tobacco manufacturing, and Ordnance.
The number of English graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.18%, from 1.48M in 2020 to 1.51M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most English graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in English.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of English majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that English majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in English. The most common ages of employees with this major are 36 and 35 years old, which represent 2.75% and 2.73% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General English Language & Literature are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in English are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General English Language & Literature.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General English Language & Literature for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General English Language & Literature.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Japan that hold English degrees (6.79 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (19,644 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General English Language & Literature field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General English Language & Literature majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General English Language & Literature majors need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Writing, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Monitoring, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Active Learning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Coordination, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Analysis, Programming, Technology Design, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Science, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Repairing, and Management of Financial Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General English Language & Literature majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Learning Strategies is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Active Listening, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Service Orientation, Coordination, Persuasion, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Programming, Technology Design, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Repairing, and Management of Financial Resources are the three most important skills for people in the field.
