Writing Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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.

Columbia Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Columbia Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Columbia 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 Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Columbia Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of writing master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Columbia, 55% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	73
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	134

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Technical Writers	2,460	$76,380

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.