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My mother and my sisters all have degrees in English. My mother had a good career as a high school English teacher and one of my sisters is doing the same. My other sister works as an editor for an educational publishing company.

Outside of education, there is a need for clear and well structured communication across every field. Copy writing/editing for marketing and sales campaigns, internal and external corporate communications, technical writing. These are all areas I've worked on with English majors.

I once spoke with a law professor who said that English majors often make the best lawyers. Their undergrad experience prepared them for the volume of reading, analysis and writing that is required to successfully complete a law degree.