Writing Studies at Brooklyn College

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what Brooklyn College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 17,735. In 2021, 28 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College.

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.

Brooklyn College Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Brooklyn College Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	80
	136
	167
Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	175

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in writing from Brooklyn College. This makes it the #27 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Writing Graduates from Brooklyn College Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College is $18,772. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 writing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College. Of these graduates, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brooklyn College Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a master’s in writing from Brooklyn College in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Brooklyn College, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brooklyn College 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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.