General English Literature at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

If you are interested in studying general English literature, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,646. In 2021, 15 English majors received their bachelor's degree from UMES.

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.

UMES General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

UMES General English Literature Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at UMES 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 Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	147

English Student Demographics at UMES

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

UMES General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 English students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMES, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UMES since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% 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 Maryland Eastern Shore with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMES 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
English Language and Literature Professors	1,180	$73,490

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.