General English Literature at Whitman College

If you are interested in studying general English literature, you may want to check out the program at Whitman College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. In 2021, 12 English majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitman.

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.

Whitman General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Whitman General English Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks English programs across the country. The following shows how Whitman 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 Whitman 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	117
Most Focused General English Literature Schools	130
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592

English Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 English majors earned their bachelor's degree from Whitman. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.