English at University of Houston

Every english school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the english language program at University of Houston stacks up to those at other schools.

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 English section at the bottom of this page.

UH English Degrees Available

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

UH English Rankings

The english language major at UH 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.

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

English Language Student Demographics at UH

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

UH English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% 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 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 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 Houston with a bachelor's in english language.

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 English Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from UH, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the english language 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 language.

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

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 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.