Creative Writing at Eckerd College

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Eckerd College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and approximately 1,822 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

Eckerd Creative Writing Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

Eckerd Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Eckerd is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. 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.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

56% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Eckerd since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in creative writing.

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

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative 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
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
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