General English Literature at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU General English Literature Degrees Available

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

WIU General English Literature Rankings

The english major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WIU General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of english master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english each year. WIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	29

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.