General English Literature at Spelman College

Every general English literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the English program at Spelman College stacks up to those at other schools.

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 2,207 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 39 English majors received their bachelor's degree from Spelman.

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.

Spelman General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Spelman General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at Spelman compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at Spelman 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 Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	10
Best Value General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Best General English Literature Schools	169
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
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Most Popular General English Literature Schools	302

Earnings of Spelman English Graduates

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at Spelman is $28,355. This is 2% higher than $27,744, which is the national average for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at Spelman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Spelman College.

Spelman General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

The English program at Spelman awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.