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

Chapman is located in Orange, California and has a total student population of 9,761.

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.

Chapman Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing
• Master’s Degree in Writing

Chapman Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Chapman 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 Chapman

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

Chapman Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Chapman since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Chapman are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Chapman University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Chapman Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of writing master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Chapman, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Chapman University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	58

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 CA, the home state for Chapman University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Tom Arthur under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.