English Language & Literature at Longwood University

Every english language & 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 language & literature program at Longwood University stacks up to those at other schools.

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,841.

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

Longwood English Language & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language & Literature

Longwood English Language & Literature Rankings

The english language & literature major at Longwood is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English Language & 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.

English Language & Literature Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of english language & literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical english language & literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Longwood since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language & literature at Longwood are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language & literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within English Language & Literature

English Language & Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Longwood University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General English Literature	26

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Careers That English Language & Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language & 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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Technical Writers	2,840	$85,450
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.