English Language & Literature at Grinnell College

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

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,493.

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

Grinnell English Language & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language & Literature

Grinnell English Language & Literature Rankings

The english language & literature major at Grinnell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English Language & 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.

English Language & Literature Student Demographics at Grinnell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english language & literature majors at Grinnell College.

Grinnell English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of english language & literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical english language & literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Grinnell since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language & literature at Grinnell are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language & literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within English Language & Literature

If you plan to be a english language & literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grinnell College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General English Literature	27

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences

Careers That English Language & Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language & literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Editors	940	$51,480
English Language and Literature Professors	910	$84,130
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680

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 Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.