English at Southern Connecticut State University

Every english school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the english language program at Southern Connecticut State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 English section at the bottom of this page.

SCSU English Degrees Available

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

SCSU English Rankings

The english language major at SCSU 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 SCSU

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

SCSU English Bachelor’s Program

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

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language 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 language.

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 English Master’s Program

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

In the english language 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 language.

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

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 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.