What is an English major good for? In a way, the best answer has always been, wait and see — an answer that satisfies no one. And yet it is a real answer, one that reflects the versatility of thought and language that comes from studying literature. Former English majors turn up almost anywhere, in almost any career, and they nearly always bring with them a rich sense of the possibilities of language, literary and otherwise.
— Klinkenborg, Verlyn. “The Decline and Fall of the English Major.” New York Times 22 June 2013.
B.A., English, University of Pennsylvania. What was my degree good for? A lot of things.