Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 15, 2024
Women comprise the majority of English majors – they earned nearly 69% of all English bachelor’s degrees in 2014 – but are generally paid less, according to the report. In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.
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