English Language & Literature at Santa Clara University

If you are interested in studying english language & literature, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year.

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

SCU English Language & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language & Literature

SCU English Language & Literature Rankings

The english language & literature major at SCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English Language & 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 Language & Literature Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english language & literature majors at Santa Clara University.

SCU English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of english language & literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical english language & literature bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language & literature at SCU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language & literature bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within English Language & Literature

English Language & 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 Santa Clara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General English Literature	27

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

Careers That English Language & Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language & 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 CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.