Writing Studies at Augsburg University

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at Augsburg University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Augsburg is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 3,346 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Augsburg.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Writing Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Augsburg Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing
• Master’s Degree in Writing

Augsburg Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Augsburg compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Augsburg is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Writing Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	52
Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	81
	99
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162
	171

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in writing from Augsburg. This makes it the #116 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Writing Graduates from Augsburg Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Augsburg is $27,021. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allwriting bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Writing Student Demographics at Augsburg

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Augsburg University.

Augsburg Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 writing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Augsburg, about 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Augsburg since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Augsburg University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Augsburg Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in writing from Augsburg in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Augsburg, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Augsburg University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augsburg also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Augsburg University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Technical Writers	1,290	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
English Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$66,150
Professors	630	$64,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Aug under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.