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Rhetoric & Composition at Carnegie Mellon University

Rhetoric & Composition at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study rhetoric & composition, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Rhetoric & Composition Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition

Carnegie Mellon Rhetoric & Composition Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in rhetoric and composition, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rhetoric and Composition Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rhetoric and composition majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Rhetoric & Composition Master’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of rhetoric and composition master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Of the students who received a rhetoric and composition master's degree from Carnegie Mellon, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in rhetoric and composition.

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

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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