General English Literature at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you plan to study general English literature, take a look at what Saint Mary's College of California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and has a total student population of 3,439. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in English from SMC.

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.

SMC General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

SMC General English Literature Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at SMC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	57
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	354
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	396
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	409
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	496

Earnings of SMC English Graduates

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMC is $35,746. This is 29% higher than $27,744, which is the national average for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General English Literature from SMC in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its English bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.