General English Literature at University of St. Thomas

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

UST is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,692 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in English from UST.

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.

UST General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

UST General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at UST compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at UST 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	934
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	945

English Student Demographics at UST

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at University of St. Thomas.

UST General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from UST. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UST since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its English bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of St. Thomas with a bachelor's in English.

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

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

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.