Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing at James Madison University

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study professional, technical, business, & scientific writing, take a look at what James Madison University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing section at the bottom of this page.

JMU Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
Master’s Degree in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

JMU Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Rankings

The professional, technical, business, and scientific writing major at JMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing. 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.

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the professional, technical, business, and scientific writing majors at James Madison University.

JMU Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Bachelor’s Program

62% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of professional, technical, business, and scientific writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical professional, technical, business, and scientific writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at JMU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

JMU Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Master’s Program

50% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of professional, technical, business, and scientific writing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing each year. JMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a professional, technical, business, and scientific writing master's degree from JMU, 100% 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 James Madison University with a master's in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in professional, technical, business, and scientific 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 James Madison University.

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
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