General English Literature at University of California - Merced

What traits are you looking for in a English school? To help you decide if University of California - Merced is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's English program.

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 9,018. Of the 1,941 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Merced in 2021, 28 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.

UC Merced General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

UC Merced General English Literature Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at UC Merced 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 Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	385
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	479
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	572

English Student Demographics at UC Merced

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at University of California - Merced.

UC Merced General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in English from UC Merced in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Merced since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 University of California - Merced with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Merced 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Merced.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.