Literature at Cornell College

If you are interested in studying literature, you may want to check out the program at Cornell College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,002. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in literature from Cornell College.

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

Cornell College Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Cornell College Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the literature progam at Cornell College 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 literature major at Cornell College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
	15
Best Value Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Value Literature Schools	26
Most Popular Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27

Literature Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 literature students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell College, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at Cornell College 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in literature.

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

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

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Editors	940	$51,480
English Language and Literature Professors	910	$84,130
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.