Career Options

Careers for English Majors

  • Author
  • Technical Writer
  • Reporter/Journalist
  • Grant Writer/Research Analyst
  • Lobbyist/Lawyer/Legal Assistant
  • Editor/Publisher
  • Speech Writer
  • Freelance Magazine Article Writer
  • Public Relations Specialist
  • Teacher/Professor
  • Blogger/Vlogger

Job Titles of People with English Degrees

  • Senior Editor of Intellectual Capital, Booz Allen
  • Diplomat/Political Officer, Foreign Service
  • Lobbyist, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
  • Editor, Campbell Alliance
  • Policy and Procedures Specialist, District of Colombia
  • Features Reporter, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Literary Agent, Simon and Schuster
  • Research Attorney for the Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court of Los Angeles
  • Reporter, Forbes magazine

Note: This information is current for the 2022-23 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.

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