General English Literature at Covenant College

What traits are you looking for in a English school? To help you decide if Covenant College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's English program.

Covenant is located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and approximately 911 students attend the school each year. Of the 224 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Covenant College in 2021, 7 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.

Covenant General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Covenant General English Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks English programs across the country. The following shows how Covenant 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 Covenant 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	154
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	175
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	759
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	900

English Student Demographics at Covenant

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

Covenant General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 English majors earned their bachelor's degree from Covenant. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Covenant since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in English at Covenant 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 Covenant College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 GA, the home state for Covenant College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190

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 Unknown under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.