General English Literature at Tougaloo 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 Tougaloo College stacks up to those at other schools.

Tougaloo is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi and approximately 775 students attend the school each year. Of the 141 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tougaloo College in 2021, 6 of them were general English literature majors.

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.

Tougaloo General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Tougaloo General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at Tougaloo 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 Tougaloo 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	78
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	85
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	794
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	945

English Student Demographics at Tougaloo

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

Tougaloo General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in English from Tougaloo. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

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 Tougaloo College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Tougaloo 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 MS, the home state for Tougaloo College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
English Language and Literature Professors	390	$57,250

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 MS Dept of Archives and History under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.