Writing Studies at Bates College

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. Of the 564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bates College in 2021, 14 of them were writing studies majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Bates 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	79
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	220

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

Of the 14 writing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bates, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Bates are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bates 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 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
• Image Credit: By N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.