Writing Studies at Del Mar 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 Del Mar College stacks up to those at other schools.

DMC is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and approximately 10,678 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.

DMC Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Writing

DMC Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at DMC

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

DMC Writing Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of writing associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in writing only graduates about 31% men each year. The program at DMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

DMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in writing graduates 54% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 TX, the home state for Del Mar College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.