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Writing Studies at Colby College

Writing Studies at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year.

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.

Colby Writing Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Colby Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Colby 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 Colby

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

Colby Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Colby are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 12
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

The following writing concentations are available at Colby College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colby College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing 13

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 ME, the home state for Colby 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
Technical Writers 90 $65,030
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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