Literature at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808. Of the 470 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 5 of them were literature majors.

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

Pacific Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Pacific Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks literature programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific performed in these rankings.

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 Pacific 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
Best Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Literature Schools	21
Most Focused Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused Literature Schools	33

Literature Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature from Pacific. About 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at Pacific are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Editors	1,080	$55,610
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,450
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.