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Literature at Hamilton College

Literature at Hamilton College

What traits are you looking for in a literature school? To help you decide if Hamilton College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's literature program.

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year.

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

Hamilton Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Hamilton Literature Rankings

The literature major at Hamilton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Literature Student Demographics at Hamilton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at Hamilton College.

Hamilton Literature Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at Hamilton 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in literature.

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

Concentrations Within Literature

If you plan to be a 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 Hamilton College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Literature 18

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 NY, the home state for Hamilton College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Editors 19,140 $83,070
English Language and Literature Professors 7,700 $92,170
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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