Writing Studies at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890.

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.

Johns Hopkins Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Johns Hopkins are white. This is below average 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Johns Hopkins Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of writing master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 76% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	93
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Johns Hopkins University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	84
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	28

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Technical Writers	2,000	$80,130
English Language and Literature Professors	1,180	$73,490
Writers and Authors	920	$75,430

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.