General English Literature at Santa Clara University

If you plan to study general English literature, take a look at what Santa Clara University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 27 of them were general English literature majors.

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.

SCU General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

SCU General English Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks English programs across the country. The following shows how SCU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at SCU 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
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	399

How Much Do English Graduates from SCU Make?

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCU is $43,732. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 58% higher than the national average of $27,744 for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Santa Clara University.

SCU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from SCU. About 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

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 Santa Clara University.

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.