Writing Studies at Franklin and Marshall College

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

Franklin and Marshall is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,254. Of the 699 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Franklin and Marshall College in 2021, 22 of them were writing studies majors.

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.

Franklin and Marshall Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Franklin and Marshall Writing Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks writing programs across the country. The following shows how Franklin and Marshall performed in these rankings.

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 Franklin and Marshall 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	60
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	137

Writing Student Demographics at Franklin and Marshall

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

Franklin and Marshall Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 writing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Franklin and Marshall 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 Franklin and Marshall College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Franklin and Marshall 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 PA, the home state for Franklin and Marshall College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Technical Writers	1,810	$70,060
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.