General English Literature at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year.

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.

U-M General English Literature Degrees Available

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

U-M General English Literature Rankings

The english major at U-M 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at U-M are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	72
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

U-M General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of english master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english each year. U-M does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 39% more men than average.

In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General English Literature

General English Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	144

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.