What can I do with an English degree besides teach?

Question

I'm working on mine and I'm just curious to see what else I might can do with it?

Answer 1

I have a few friends who majored in English.  One of them went into the publishing business; two of them went on to get masters degrees in Library Science.

Answer 2

In this job market? Not much of anything other than get a higher degree that might get a different job. Many lawyers have an undergrad in English.

In a good job market, an English degree is more flexible, but right now, hiring managers have room to be picky.

Answer 3

you can wait tables. many former english majors do.

when a college profs says you can do anything with your degree, what he really means is you will be doing nothing but trying to figure out how to repay loans off on a 8-11 dollar an hour salary.

Answer 4

Advertising, Public Relations, Copyediting, Copywriting, etc.

Answer 5

Besides teaching?

-Work in business

-Publishing/Journalism

-Government (government workers are quite well-paid)

-Law School

-Advertising

The list goes on. There are tons of websites that will tell you more.

Good luck!