Writing Studies at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294.

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.

Eastern Michigan Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Eastern Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eastern Michigan Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of writing master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Michigan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	10
General Writing	7
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	2

Related Majors

• General English Literature
• 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Technical Writers	1,450	$68,580
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.