General English Literature at California State University - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a english school? To help you decide if California State University - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's english program.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General English Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English
• Master’s Degree in English

Cal State LA General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General English Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

English Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State LA since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cal State LA General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of english master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a master's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within General English Literature

General English Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	101

Related Majors

Careers That English Grads May Go Into

A degree in english can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justefrain under License

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