Writing Studies at Bates College

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and approximately 1,876 students attend the school each year.

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.

Bates Writing Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Bates Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Bates 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.

Writing Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Bates College with a bachelor's in writing.

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

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bates College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rhetoric & Composition	14

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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Professors	420	$57,880
English Language and Literature Professors	390	$68,840
Editors	360	$50,650
Technical Writers	90	$65,030
Writers and Authors	90	$61,090

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
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