Writing Studies at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College stacks up to those at other schools.

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and approximately 1,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Eckerd.

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.

Eckerd Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Eckerd Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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	90
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	247

Writing Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from Eckerd in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Eckerd are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Technical Writers	2,740	$62,710
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.