English at Emory University

If you plan to study english, take a look at what Emory University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 13,997 students attend the school each year.

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

Emory English Degrees Available

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

Emory English Rankings

The english language major at Emory is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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 language, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical english language 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 language 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 language 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 language.

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 English Master’s Program

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

In the english language 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 language.

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

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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

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