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English at Howard University

English at Howard University

If you plan to study english, take a look at what Howard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

Howard English Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in English Language

Howard English Rankings

The english language major at Howard 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 Howard

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

Howard English Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in english language.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 0
International Students 0
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 DC, the home state for Howard 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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