General English Literature at College of the Holy Cross

If you plan to study general English literature, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,970. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in English from Holy Cross.

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.

Holy Cross General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Holy Cross General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at Holy Cross compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at Holy Cross 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 Schools	14
Best General English Literature Schools	73
Best Value General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	407

Earnings of Holy Cross English Graduates

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at Holy Cross is $31,588. This is 14% higher than $27,744, which is the national average for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General English Literature from Holy Cross in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in English at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Holy Cross 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.