A degree in English opens doors in a wide range of industries from education to business, humanitarian efforts, historic preservation, and advocacy- and even in health care, human services and law enforcement.
What can I do with this major?
English Career Fields:
- Writing/Editing
- Technical Communication
- Publishing
- Education
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Business
- Law
Highlighted Careers:
- Journalism
- Poetry
- Plays
- Screenplays
- Novels: Fiction and Nonfiction
- Technical Writing and Editing
- Editing
- Advertising
- Teaching
- Media Relation
Career Resources
Professional Resources
- Magazine Publishers of America
- Association of American Publishers
- Society for Technical Communication
- National Council of Teachers of English
- American Copy Editors Society
- National Newspaper Publishers Association
- Writers Guild of America
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- American Medical Writers Association
Internships
- Kennedy Center
- Knopf