English at Sonoma State University

If you plan to study english, take a look at what Sonoma State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 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.

SSU English Degrees Available

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

SSU English Rankings

The english language major at SSU 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 SSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english language majors at Sonoma State University.

SSU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at SSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SSU English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of english language master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. SSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

In the english language master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State 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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.