English at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year.

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

UK English Degrees Available

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

UK English Rankings

The english language major at UK 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at UK

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

UK English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% 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 UK since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UK English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of english language master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
English Language and Literature Professors	800	$66,030

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.