General English Literature at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090.

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.

UH General English Literature Degrees Available

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

UH General English Literature Rankings

The english major at UH 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at UH

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

UH General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UH General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of english master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a english master's degree from UH, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General English Literature

The following english concentations are available at University of Houston. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Houston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	141

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.