Writing Studies at Augustana College

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what Augustana College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Augustana.

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.

Augustana Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Augustana Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Augustana 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
	78
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
	138
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best Value Writing Studies Schools	233
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	282

Writing Student Demographics at Augustana

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

Augustana Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Augustana since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Augustana are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana 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 IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860
Professors	3,040	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Technical Writers	1,460	$69,320

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.