English at Western Illinois University

If you plan to study english, 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 has a total student population of 7,490.

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

WIU English Degrees Available

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

WIU English Rankings

The english language major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU 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 WIU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language 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 language.

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 English Master’s Program

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

In the english language 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 language.

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

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 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.