General English Literature at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students received a bachelor's degree in English from Williams.

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.

Williams General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English

Williams General English Literature Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the English progam at Williams compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Williams 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 Schools	25
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best General English Literature Schools	35
Most Popular General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	211
Most Popular General English Literature Schools	285
Best Value General English Literature Schools	382

How Much Do English Graduates from Williams Make?

The median salary of English students who receive their bachelor's degree at Williams is $30,135. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $27,744 for all English bachelor's degree recipients.

English Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 English students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Williams, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical English bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in English.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Williams 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.