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. In 2021, 13 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Colby compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	111
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	232

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

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from Colby in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.