Writing Studies at York College

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 York College stacks up to those at other schools.

York is located in Jamaica, New York and has a total student population of 7,784.

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.

York Writing Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

York Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at York 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 York

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

York Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

57% Women

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at York since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% 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 York College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 York College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 York 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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