Writing Studies at Calvin 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 Calvin University stacks up to those at other schools.

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,307. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Calvin.

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.

Calvin Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Calvin Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Calvin 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 Calvin 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
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Best Writing Studies Schools	125
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	232

Earnings of Calvin Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Calvin is $22,073. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from Calvin in 2020-2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Calvin 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Calvin also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Technical Writers	1,450	$68,580
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.