General English Literature at Reed College

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a english school? To help you decide if Reed College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's english program.

Reed is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,385 students attend the school each year.

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

Reed General English Literature Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in English

Reed General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Reed is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General English 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 Student Demographics at Reed

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

Reed General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Reed since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at Reed 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 Reed College with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General English Literature

General English Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Reed College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	16

Careers That English Grads May Go Into

A degree in english 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 Reed College.

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
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