Writing Studies at Black Hills State University

Every writing studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the writing program at Black Hills State University stacks up to those at other schools.

BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,608.

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.

BHSU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

BHSU Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at BHSU 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 BHSU

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

BHSU Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at BHSU since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Black Hills State University with a bachelor's in writing.

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

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

If you plan to be a writing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Black Hills State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rhetoric & Composition	2

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 SD, the home state for Black Hills State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
English Language and Literature Professors	170	$59,930
Editors	150	$48,100
Technical Writers	120	$50,320
Writers and Authors	70	$49,410

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 Virginia State Parks staff under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.