General English Literature at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year.

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.

Yale General English Literature Degrees Available

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

Yale General English Literature Rankings

The english major at Yale 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in english, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical english bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Yale General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of english master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a master's in english.

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

Concentrations Within General English Literature

The following english concentations are available at Yale University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	74

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
English Language and Literature Professors	690	$84,330

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.