Writing Studies at Hamline University

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at Hamline University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hamline is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,113 students attend the school each year.

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.

Hamline Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing
• Master’s Degree in Writing

Hamline Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Hamline 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 Hamline

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

Hamline Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Hamline since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Hamline 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 Hamline University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hamline Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of writing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Hamline, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hamline University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

The following writing concentations are available at Hamline University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hamline University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	61

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 MN, the home state for Hamline University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Technical Writers	1,290	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
English Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$66,150
Professors	630	$64,840

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 Appraiser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.