English at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you are interested in studying english, you may want to check out the program at University of Massachusetts - Boston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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

UMass Boston English Degrees Available

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

UMass Boston English Rankings

The english language major at UMass Boston 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.

English Language Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 UMass Boston since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UMass Boston English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of english language master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. UMass Boston does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from UMass Boston, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.