English Language & Literature is a program of study at Georgetown University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in English language and literature, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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BA in English Language & Literature
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for English language and literature majors, Georgetown came in at #9. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in District of Columbia.
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Part-time undergraduates at Georgetown paid an average of $2,391 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,384 | $57,384 |
Fees | $544 | $544 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,032 | $17,032 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,594 | $2,594 |
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Online degrees for the Georgetown English language and literature bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Georgetown Online Learning page.
About 74.1% of the students who received their BA in English language and literature in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 72.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.7% of the English language and literature bachelor’s degrees at Georgetown in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 52 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
English Language & Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General English Literature | 81 |
*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.