General English Literature at University of New Orleans

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

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 8,375 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.

UNO General English Literature Degrees Available

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

UNO General English Literature Rankings

The english major at UNO 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.

English Student Demographics at UNO

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

UNO General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UNO since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at UNO 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 New Orleans with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNO General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of english master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a english master's degree from UNO, 89% 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 New Orleans with a master's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General English Literature

If you plan to be a english major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Orleans. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	44

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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.