English at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 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.

Harvard English Degrees Available

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

Harvard English Rankings

The english language major at Harvard 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% 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 Harvard since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Harvard University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Harvard English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of english language master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. Harvard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450

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 Elisa.rolle under License

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