General English Literature at Carthage College

Every general English literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the English program at Carthage College stacks up to those at other schools.

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and approximately 2,763 students attend the school each year. Of the 636 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carthage College in 2021, 15 of them were general English literature majors.

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.

Carthage General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Carthage General English Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks English programs across the country. The following shows how Carthage performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at Carthage 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	255
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	298
Best Value General English Literature Schools	510
	532
	538

Earnings of Carthage English Graduates

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carthage is $18,975. This is less than $27,744, which is the national average of all English majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

English Student Demographics at Carthage

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Carthage College.

Carthage General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 English majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carthage. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in English at Carthage are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carthage College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carthage also has a doctoral program available in English. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,340

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.