General English Literature at DePaul 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 DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922.

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.

DePaul General English Literature Degrees Available

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

DePaul General English Literature Rankings

The english major at DePaul 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.

English Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at DePaul 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DePaul General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of english master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 DePaul University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	70

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860

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 Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.