Literature at Mississippi College

If you are interested in studying literature, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,667. In 2021, 7 literature majors received their bachelor's degree from MC.

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

MC Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

MC Literature Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The literature major at MC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Literature Schools	27

Literature Student Demographics at MC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at Mississippi College.

MC Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in literature from MC. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at MC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at MC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi College with a bachelor's in literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General English Literature
• Writing Studies

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
English Language and Literature Professors	390	$57,250
Editors	280	$46,070
Writers and Authors	170	$53,810

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.