Literature at Duke University

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year.

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

Duke Literature Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Duke Literature Rankings

The literature major at Duke 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.

Literature Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Literature Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's in literature.

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

Concentrations Within Literature

If you plan to be a literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Duke University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Literature	6

General English Literature

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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250

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
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