English at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying english, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year.

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

Vanderbilt English Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt English Rankings

The english language major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at Vanderbilt are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Vanderbilt English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of english language master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master's in english language.

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

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
English Language and Literature Professors	1,100	$57,740

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.