English at Virginia Wesleyan University

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

VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and approximately 1,347 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.

VWU English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language

VWU English Rankings

The english language major at VWU 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.

English Language Student Demographics at VWU

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

VWU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 VWU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at VWU 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 Virginia Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
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 VA, the home state for Virginia Wesleyan 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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.