Whats a good graduate degree for someone who has a BA in English?

Question

I do not want to get my masters in English, but I do want to have a masters degree. What graduate degree helps to further the careers of English majors the best?

Before you ask - I don't know what career I want to get into - anything where I can write for a living would be heaven, but I haven't come across anything just yet.

Answer 1

You might want to consider getting a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS). You can have any type of undergraduate degree when pursuing an MLIS, but I am finding that in my classes (I'm studying for my MLIS) there are a lot of English majors. And yes, upon completion of an MLIS, you could work as a librarian in a library (public, school, academic, corporate, law, medical), but in today's world you might work at an information center for a brewing company, design databases for the government, seek out and process materials for archives, design and manage the record center for a defense company, digitize photos for the Library of Congress, assist researchers in laboratories, answer reference questions for a virtual library. You could end up working for the CIA, Google, Miller Brewing Company, a law firm, a telecommunications conglomerate, a hospital, the Center for Disease Control, the Smithsonian, an art museum, a university, a state library, or an itty bitty branch library in the middle of nowhere. Just a thought. If you're interested, check out the website for the American Library Association. They have a listing of accredited programs in the U.S.; you could see what type of classes you would be taking and what are the requirements for admissions. Good luck whatever route you take.

Answer 2

Master's in literary works but don't expect to get pd much. how about education,wanna be a teacher. how about english interpreters for the embassy but you have to be multilinguist. Master's in arts to go into the film industry., or museums. You can have two graduate degrees just in case. how about criminal justice or forensic investigation.. or plain literature for creative writing. But you know artists don't make much . you gotta establish your popularity to get someplace.