English at Wake Forest University

If you plan to study english, take a look at what Wake Forest University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

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

Wake Forest University English Degrees Available

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

Wake Forest University English Rankings

The english language major at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% 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 Wake Forest University since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wake Forest University English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of english language master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from Wake Forest University, 100% 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 Wake Forest 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	8
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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.