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Literature at Illinois Wesleyan University

Literature at Illinois Wesleyan University

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

Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and approximately 1,636 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.

Illinois Wesleyan Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Illinois Wesleyan Literature Rankings

The literature major at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Illinois Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Illinois Wesleyan Literature Bachelor’s Program

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

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at Illinois Wesleyan 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 Illinois Wesleyan University 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 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Literature

The following literature concentations are available at Illinois Wesleyan University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Illinois Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 IL, the home state for Illinois Wesleyan University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710

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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