Writing Studies at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. Of the 4,395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 86 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.

GaSou Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

GaSou Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at GaSou 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 GaSou 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
Best Writing Studies Schools	185

Earnings of GaSou Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $22,863. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in writing from GaSou. About 28% were men and 72% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at GaSou are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

GaSou 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Technical Writers	1,180	$75,170
English Language and Literature Professors	1,160	$71,190
Writers and Authors	960	$63,260

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.