English at Florida Gulf Coast University

Every english school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the english language program at Florida Gulf Coast University stacks up to those at other schools.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 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.

FGCU English Degrees Available

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

FGCU English Rankings

The english language major at FGCU 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.

English Language Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 FGCU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at FGCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

FGCU English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of english language master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from FGCU, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.