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Outcomes - Department of Language, Literature and Writing

Check out what our grads are up to

Our students have high job placement in a variety of fields that reflect their diverse interests as well as strong acceptance rates to competitive graduate programs around the world. They become full-time writers, educators, policy makers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, editors, translators and much more. We are proud of all that our students do to live out the mission of Messiah University and the Department of Language, Literature and Writing in their careers, their neighborhoods, their families and their faith communities. Here is a small sample of what our recent graduates are doing.

Where they work

  • AmeriCorps
  • Anne Arundel County Public Schools
  • Aqua Xtreme Tours
  • Association of International Educators
  • Bethlehem Christian Academy
  • Brethren Colleges Abroad
  • C.E.I.P. Santa Teresa de Jesus
  • CHC Learning Center
  • Capital Blue Cross
  • Catholic Charities USA
  • Central PA Magazine
  • Central Penn Insurance
  • Church World Service
  • City of Boulder
  • Cumberland High School
  • Cumberland Regional High School
  • Daeric
  • Drexel University
  • Fat Tire Bike Tours
  • Francis Scott Key High School
  • French Embassy
  • Geometry Global
  • Harford Public School
  • HarperCollins
  • International Justice Mission
  • Keystone Autism Services
  • Kidspeace
  • Kwara State University
  • Lisbon Central
  • Lititz Christian School
  • Loudoun County Public Schools
  • Mennonite Central Committee
  • Mercersburg Academy
  • Messiah University
  • Middlebury College
  • Nashua Christian Academy
  • North Carolina’s farm worker unit
  • Oliver Ames High School
  • Penn National Insurance
  • Philadelphia Public School District
  • Southampton Academy
  • Springfield School District
  • Stackpole Books
  • Stacy Middle School
  • The Visitor's Center
  • Trinity Christian School
  • Trinity High School
  • UPS
  • University of Baltimore
  • Wheaton College
  • Wilson High School

What they do

  • Administrative Lawyer
  • Book publishing employees
  • Case Manager
  • Chair of language department
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Childcare Counselor
  • Community Support Professional
  • Community legal facilitator
  • Community relations specialist
  • Corporate Communications
  • Director of Communications
  • ESOL Teacher
  • Editor
  • Educational Aide
  • English Teacher
  • Family case manager
  • Freelance Writer
  • French Teacher
  • French/Spanish Teacher
  • Ghostwriter
  • Grad Student - Counseling
  • Grad Student - English and Literature
  • Grad Student - Family Therapy
  • Grad Student - Library Science
  • Grad Student - MSW
  • Grad Student - Medicine
  • Grad Student - Spanish
  • Grad Student - Spanish Ed & TESOL
  • Human resources associate
  • Immigration caseworker
  • Immigration services worker
  • International projects supervisor
  • Jobs programs supervisor
  • Judge
  • Language and Culture Assistant
  • Latin America sales and marketing specialist
  • Legal Case Worker
  • Librarian
  • Manager & Owner
  • Newspaper writer
  • Paralegal
  • Paris tour guide
  • Pastor
  • Private Tutor
  • Professor of English
  • Program Director
  • Rafting Guide
  • Resident support coordinator
  • Senior Program Manager
  • Social Media Manager
  • Social Worker
  • Songwriter
  • Spanish Teacher
  • Student support specialist assistant
  • TESOL instructor
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Translator
  • Travel Agent
  • Travel Blogger
  • Vice President
  • Youth care worker

Graduate school

  • American University
  • Boston College
  • Bowling Green State University
  • Clemson University
  • Drexel University
  • Duke Divinity School
  • Georgetown University
  • Gordon Conwell Seminary
  • Harvard Law School
  • Johns Hopkins
  • King’s College
  • London
  • Loyola Marymount School of Law
  • Madison
  • Messiah University
  • Middlebury College
  • Millersville University
  • NYU-Steinhardt School of Education
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Oxford University
  • Penn State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Philadelphia Biblical University
  • Princeton Theological Seminary

  • Rutgers University
  • Seton Hall Law School
  • Temple University
  • University of CT
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Louisiana
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Maryland College Park
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh Law School
  • University of South Caroline School of Law
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Villanova University
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Wheaton College
  • Yale School of Divinity
  • Yale School of Music and the Arts
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100% of the Class of 2023 Language, Literature and Writing respondents were employed or in graduate school within 6-9 months of graduation.

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