General English Literature at Westmont College

If you plan to study general English 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 has a total student population of 1,226. In 2021, 20 English majors received their bachelor's degree from Westmont.

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.

Westmont General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Westmont General English Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks English programs across the country. The following shows how Westmont performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The English major at Westmont 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	36
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best General English Literature Schools	68
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	121
Best Value General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	334
Best Value General English Literature Schools	343
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	427

Earnings of Westmont English Graduates

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at Westmont is $31,823. This is 15% higher than $27,744, which is the national average for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at Westmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the English majors at Westmont College.

Westmont General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in English from Westmont. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its English bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Westmont also has a doctoral program available in English. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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.