English at University of California - Berkeley

If you plan to study english, take a look at what University of California - Berkeley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in English section at the bottom of this page.

UC Berkeley English Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley English Rankings

The english language major at UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 UC Berkeley since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	82
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

UC Berkeley English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of english language master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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 University of California - Berkeley with a master's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.