General English Literature at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 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.

UNR General English Literature Degrees Available

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

UNR General English Literature Rankings

The english major at UNR 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #118 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at UNR 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNR General English Literature Master’s Program

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

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 Nevada - Reno with a master's in english.

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

Concentrations Within General English Literature

The following english concentations are available at University of Nevada - Reno. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Reno. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	69

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
High School Teachers	5,930	$57,910
English Language and Literature Professors	490	$58,200

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.