English at Portland State University

Every english 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 program at Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 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.

Portland State University English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

Portland State University English Rankings

The english language major at Portland State University 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 Portland State University

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

Portland State University English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at Portland State University 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 Portland State University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	52
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Portland State University English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of english language master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from Portland State University, 87% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Portland State University with a master's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,450

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.