Writing Studies at Colorado College

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 Colorado College stacks up to those at other schools.

Colorado College is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 2,050 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.

Colorado College Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Colorado College Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Colorado College 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 Colorado College

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

Colorado College Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado College since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Colorado College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Colorado College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Colorado College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	11

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 CO, the home state for Colorado College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
English Language and Literature Professors	1,410	$60,440
Technical Writers	1,240	$80,250
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Professors	410	$63,920

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.