Writing Studies at Dordt University

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

Dordt is located in Sioux Center, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,662. Of the 378 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dordt University in 2021, 3 of them were writing studies majors.

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.

Dordt Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Dordt Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Dordt 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 Dordt 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 Focused Writing Studies Schools	279
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	487

Writing Student Demographics at Dordt

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

Dordt Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from Dordt in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Dordt are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dordt University with a bachelor's in writing.

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

Dordt also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Literature
• 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 IA, the home state for Dordt University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Editors	940	$51,480
English Language and Literature Professors	910	$84,130
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680
Technical Writers	390	$57,060

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.