Writing Studies at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349.

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.

EWU Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

EWU Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at EWU 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 EWU

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

EWU Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

EWU Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of writing master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in writing each year. EWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from EWU, 85% 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 Washington University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	27
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	4

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Technical Writers	1,180	$86,470
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.