General English Literature at Houston Baptist University

Every general English literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the English program at Houston Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,963 students attend the school each year. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Houston Baptist University in 2021, 2 of them were general English literature majors.

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

HBU General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

HBU General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at HBU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at HBU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General English 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,155

English Student Demographics at HBU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Houston Baptist University.

HBU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 English majors earned their bachelor's degree from HBU. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its English bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

HBU also has a doctoral program available in English. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

Careers That English Grads May Go Into

A degree in English can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Houston Baptist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.