Writing Studies at Emory and Henry College

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

Emory & Henry College is located in Emory, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,230.

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.

Emory & Henry College Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Emory & Henry College Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Emory & Henry College 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 Emory & Henry College

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

Emory & Henry College Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Emory & Henry College since its program graduates 37% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Emory & Henry College 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 Emory and Henry College 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

If you plan to be a writing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emory and Henry College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	1
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	1

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 VA, the home state for Emory and Henry College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Technical Writers	2,840	$85,450
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600

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 Jediah999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.