Careers

What can I do with an English Major?

Many students who are attracted to English as a major wonder to what gainful employment an English major can lead.  The broad answer to that question is that many of the skills learned in English classes—analytical thinking, competence in reading and interpreting texts, and the ability to write clear, intelligible prose—will stand you in good stead in numerous careers.  (Some of the companies who have recruited on the Albion campus in recent years, in fact, have asked to interview English majors for just that reason.)  For more specific answers to the question, though, we can turn to surveys recently given to English majors of the class of 1989. They are now engaged in several different fields, including the following: 

• Advertising, Public Relations, and Media
• Law
• Management
• Sales
• Social work and Counseling
• Teaching
• Graduate School

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