Online B.S./B.A. in English/Writing: Careers

• Bachelor’s degree graduates typically earn $361 more per week than those who only complete an associate degree¹
• $62,870 median annual salary for high school teachers²
• $74,650 median annual salary for technical writers³

While English/writing degree jobs include unlimited opportunities, many graduates of this program find success in education, marketing and writing careers. The professional writing field, in particular, is growing faster than the average industry at an annual rate of seven percent. At this pace, thousands of new English/writing degree jobs will be created for technical writers alone by 2029.

Program Outcomes: A Competitive Edge for the Career You Want

When you complete this program, you will be able to:

• Utilize discipline-based communication in writing clearly, editing carefully, developing ideas fully and taking into consideration subject, audience, occasion, purpose and genre.
• Identify discipline-based conceptions of issues, contexts and genres, often employing multiple perspectives as defined in English studies.
• Evaluate evidence and synthesize prior knowledge and research to draw insights and inferences for a fruitful conclusion and simultaneously acknowledging the disciplinary limits of any given project.
• Practice civic engagement by applying writing skills to a larger civic and ethical context by means of practice, service learning and community-based research.
• Effectively use key terms, concepts and approaches from the field of English studies in a variety of professional settings.