Writing Studies at Macalester College

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Macalester College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049.

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.

Macalester Writing Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Macalester Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Macalester 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 Macalester

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

Macalester Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Macalester are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Macalester College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

If you plan to be a writing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Macalester College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	14

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 Macalester College.

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
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