English at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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

GMU English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language

GMU English Rankings

The english language major at GMU 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 GMU

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

GMU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% 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 GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at GMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.