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Career Opportunities

An English major at Whitworth provides a portal into a wide range of careers. The English program equips graduating seniors with strong writing abilities, familiarity with research tools and methods, and critical-thinking skills, which are in high demand in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors of the professional world.

English alums are currently working in the following professions, among others:

College professor
High-school English teacher
Librarian
Journalist
Magazine editor
Technical writer
Playwright
Ghostwriter for political/university administrators
Screenwriter
Poet/freelance writer
Public-relations and advertising
Teacher of English as a second language
Grant writer
Publisher representative
Professional baseball team public-relations director
Documentary film producer
Entrepreneur
Law professor
Hospital administrator
Urban planner
Stand-up comic
Peace Corps worker
Hollywood cinematographer
Movie director
Novelist

Graduates of the Whitworth English Department have been accepted at these and many other graduate schools:

Arizona State University
Boston College
Boston University
Claremont Graduate School
Cornell University
Dubuque Seminary
Gonzaga University
Harvard Divinity School
McCormick Seminary
Oxford University
Pacific School of Religion
The Pennsylvania State University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Rutgers University
S. U. N. Y. Stonybrook
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Seattle University (MBA program)
St. John's College, Durham, England
The Johns Hopkins University
U. C. Berkeley
U. C. Santa Barbara
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Maine
University of Maryland
Union Theological Seminary
University of Montana
University of Oregon
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Washington School of Medicine