Career opportunities for English graduates
Your experience doesn’t stop when your degree finishes. It’s important that the skills and experiences you gain from your degree prepare you for life – including the career path you take.
We want you to feel empowered to take the subject you love and turn it into something that will help you realise your ambitions, so we’ll encourage you to think broadly about the possibilities open to you, and the networks you can form.
In the Guardian University Guide 2026, Warwick was ranked 5th in the subject and 7th overall.
Discover Uni gives statistics for each course and using the 2025-26 HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey, it showed the following went on to work and/or study 15 months after completion: BA (Hons) English Literature 85%, BA (Hons) English and Theatre Studies 90% and BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing 90%.
300
leading employers visit campus each year for careers fairs, employer presentations, or sector-specific events.
4th
Warwick graduates are the fourth most targeted by UK's top graduate employers.
(The Graduate Market in 2026 published by High Fliers Research Ltd.)
More than 85%
of the 2022/23 English undergraduates went on to work and/or study 15 months after completion.
(Discover Uni summary from the 2025-26 HESA Graduate Outcomes survey.)
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Dedicated advice
You’ll have access to a Senior Careers Consultant within the department who offers impartial advice and guidance, together with workshops and events.
Previously events have covered topics such as Understanding Assessment Centres; Careers following your English and Comparative Literary Studies Degree; Discovering Careers in the Creative Industries; Careers in Publishing and Journalism; Freelancing; and Careers in the Public Sector.