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Literature at York College of Pennsylvania

Literature at York College of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a literature school? To help you decide if York College of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's literature program.

YCP is located in York, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,039 students attend the school each year.

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

YCP Literature Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

YCP Literature Rankings

The literature major at YCP is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Literature Student Demographics at YCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at York College of Pennsylvania.

YCP Literature Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of literature bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in literature at YCP are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Literature

If you plan to be a 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 York College of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Literature 1

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 PA, the home state for York College of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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