Literature at University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

Every literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the literature program at University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg stacks up to those at other schools.

Pitt Greensburg is located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,408. Of the 276 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg in 2021, 8 of them were literature majors.

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

Pitt Greensburg Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Pitt Greensburg Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the literature progam at Pitt Greensburg 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 literature major at Pitt Greensburg is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Popular Literature Basic Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Literature Basic Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Literature Schools	6
Best Value Literature Schools	7
	11
Best Literature Schools	11
Most Popular Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Literature Schools	17

How Much Do Literature Graduates from Pitt Greensburg Make?

The median salary of literature students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pitt Greensburg is $24,135. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $23,864 for all literature bachelor's degree recipients.

Literature Student Demographics at Pitt Greensburg

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg.

Pitt Greensburg Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 literature majors earned their bachelor's degree from Pitt Greensburg. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at Pitt Greensburg 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 Pittsburgh - Greensburg with a bachelor's in literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Pitt Greensburg also has a doctoral program available in literature. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140

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 original photo by Piotrus, edited/uploaded by Crazypaco at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.