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General English Literature at Swarthmore College

General English Literature at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 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.

Swarthmore General English Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in English

Swarthmore General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in english.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within General English Literature

General English Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Swarthmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
English 17

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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970

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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