General English Literature at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year.

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.

SCSU General English Literature Degrees Available

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

SCSU General English Literature Rankings

The english major at SCSU 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.

English Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at SCSU 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SCSU General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of english master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english each year. SCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the english 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in english.

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

Concentrations Within General English Literature

The following english concentations are available at Southern Connecticut State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	50

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
English Language and Literature Professors	690	$84,330

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.