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English at Southern Virginia University

English at Southern Virginia 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 Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and approximately 1,140 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.

SVU English Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in English Language

SVU English Rankings

The english language major at SVU 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 SVU

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

SVU English Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at SVU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at SVU 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 Virginia University with a bachelor's in english language.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
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 VA, the home state for Southern Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
English Language and Literature Professors 2,320 $61,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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