What can I do with an English Major?
It used to be that everyone assumed that an English major was bound to end up as an English teacher. However, in this information age, there is an ever-increasing demand in business and the professions for people who are capable of intelligent, literate speech and writing.
Recent Georgetown College English graduates have become successful as:
- public relations directors
- journalists
- bankers
- business professionals
- technical writers
- computer systems analysts
- legislative assistants
- librarians
- teachers
- lawyers
- preachers
- TV news directors
- college and university professors and administrators
- entrepreneurs
- communication directors
- state and federal government employees
- doctors
- public policy organization administrators
- writers
- editors
For those who wish to pursue graduate studies, many options are available. Recent graduates who have entered graduate school pursued a wide variety of fields, including:
- business
- public relations
- editing
- creative writing
- divinity
- education
- literature
- linguistics
- higher education administration
- law
- journalism
- medicine (the new MCAT test involves a large written component, and English majors and minors who also have majors or minors in the sciences have done well).
Recent English department graduates have gone to graduate school at:
- University of Chicago
- Yale Divinity School
- Indiana University
- Emory University
- University of California-Davis
- Ohio State University
- Miami of Ohio
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- University of Florida
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- Vanderbilt University
- Rice
- Baylor
- University of Washington
- University of Arizona
Five recent English majors have won prestigious Fulbright grants for graduate study abroad.