General English Literature at Cornell University

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 Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 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.

Cornell General English Literature Degrees Available

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

Cornell General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Cornell 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cornell General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of english master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General English Literature

If you plan to be a english major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	78

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.