English at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 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.

Georgetown English Degrees Available

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

Georgetown English Rankings

The english language major at Georgetown 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 Georgetown

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

Georgetown 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 Georgetown since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at Georgetown are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Georgetown English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of english language master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. Georgetown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from Georgetown, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
English Language and Literature Professors	370	$115,590

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.