English at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 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.

RIC English Degrees Available

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

RIC English Rankings

The english language major at RIC 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 RIC

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

RIC English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RIC English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of english language master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. RIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the english language master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
English Language and Literature Professors	330	$93,470

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.