General English Literature at Emory University

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

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

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.

Emory General English Literature Degrees Available

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

Emory General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Emory 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Emory since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at Emory are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Emory University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Emory 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 Emory University with a master's in english.

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

Concentrations Within General English Literature

The following english concentations are available at Emory University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emory University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	45

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 Emory University.

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.