General English Literature at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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.

VCU General English Literature Degrees Available

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

VCU General English Literature Rankings

The english major at VCU 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 VCU

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

VCU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at VCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

VCU General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of english master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a english master's degree from VCU, 71% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General English Literature

General English Literature majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Commonwealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	112

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.