Rhetoric & Composition at Bates College

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

What traits are you looking for in a rhetoric and composition school? To help you decide if Bates College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's rhetoric and composition program.

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 Rhetoric & Composition section at the bottom of this page.

Bates Rhetoric & Composition Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition

Bates Rhetoric & Composition Rankings

The rhetoric and composition major at Bates is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rhetoric & Composition. 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.

Rhetoric and Composition Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of rhetoric and composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical rhetoric and composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rhetoric and composition 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 rhetoric and composition.

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

Careers That Rhetoric and Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in rhetoric and composition 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
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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