#Why English
Considering majoring in English? Want to make a case for your degree? Here is a small sample of recent resources that advocate for the value of study in literature, English, and the humanities.
Humanities Majors like English Majors Enjoy their Studies
To be a Good Doctor, Study the Humanities
How To Turn Your Liberal Arts Major Into A Powerhouse Corporate Career
Humanities Majors like English Majors Outperform Their Peers in Several Measures
A Top Medical School Revamps Requirements To Lure English Majors
Studying Humanities Teaches You How to Get a Job
That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket
Employers Actively Seek Humanities Majors’ Skills–like English Majors!
Business Leaders Praise the Humanities, English Majors in particular!
STEM Leaders Praise the Humanities, especially literature!
What Good is a Liberal Arts degree?
Humanities Majors, like English Majors, are Employed at Rates Comparable to Other Majors
Can tech and the humanities exist side by side? Can they afford not to?
Humanities Majors Earn Salaries Comparable to Other Majors
Humanities Majors, like English Majors, Do Increasingly Well Over the Course of Their Careers
The Unexpected Value of the Liberal Arts
$100K Careers That Can Start with an English Major
For a long, successful career, LinkedIn says nothing beats a liberal arts major
The Humanities, such as English, Prepare Students to be Engaged Citizens
The Humanities, such as the study of Literature, Build Empathy
The Humanities Help Students Lead Fulfilling Lives
Why ‘worthless’ humanities degrees may set you up for life
In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure
Support From Mentors and Faculty Most Common Among Arts and Humanities Majors
Four keys to staying employed in the future
If You Want Your Child to Succeed, Don’t Sell Liberal Arts Short
Who’s Who with an English Degree:
Michael Eisner, Former Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Rashida Jones, Actress, writer, producer, and philanthropist
John Legend, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist
John Lithgow, Tony- and Emmy-award-winning actor
Judy McGrath, Former Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks
Janet Robinson, Former President and CEO of The New York Times Company
Sigourney Weaver, Academy Award-nominated actress
J. K. Rowling, Author, producer, and philanthropist
Ted Turner, Founder of CNN
Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder and chief executive of Act 1 Group
Anne Mulcahy, Former Chairman and CEO of Xerox
Henry (“Hank”) Paulson JR, Former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs and US Treasury Secretary
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube
Alexa Hirschfeld, Co-Founder of Paperless Post
Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba
Kathryn Fuller, Former President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund
Andrea Jung, CEO of Grameen America and former CEO of Avon
Mario Cuomo, Former Governor of New York
Martin Dempsey, Former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Clarence Thomas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Eric Kandel, Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harold Varmus, Former Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1989, with Michael Bishop)
Last updated: 3/30/2022
