Writing Studies at Ithaca College

Every writing studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the writing program at Ithaca College stacks up to those at other schools.

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 5,354. In 2021, 38 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Ithaca.

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.

Ithaca Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Ithaca Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Ithaca compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Ithaca 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
	215

Earnings of Ithaca Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ithaca is $23,663. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in writing from Ithaca in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Ithaca 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 Ithaca College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ithaca 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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Technical Writers	2,460	$76,380

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.