English Language & Literature at Westmont College

If you plan to study english language & literature, take a look at what Westmont College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year.

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

Westmont English Language & Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language & Literature

Westmont English Language & Literature Rankings

The english language & literature major at Westmont is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English Language & 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 Language & Literature Student Demographics at Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english language & literature majors at Westmont College.

Westmont English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of english language & literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language & literature at Westmont are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Westmont College with a bachelor's in english language & literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within English Language & Literature

If you plan to be a english language & literature major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Westmont College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General English Literature	20

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• History
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Social Sciences

Careers That English Language & Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language & literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.