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Literature at University of California - Los Angeles

Literature at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying literature, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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

UCLA Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

UCLA Literature Rankings

The literature major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Literature Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Literature Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its literature 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in literature.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Literature

The following literature concentations are available at University of California - Los Angeles. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
American Literature (United States) 36

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature 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 - Los Angeles.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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