Writing Studies at Manhattanville College

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

Manhattanville is located in Purchase, New York and has a total student population of 2,408. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Manhattanville.

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.

Manhattanville Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Manhattanville Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Manhattanville 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
Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	65
	93
Most Popular Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	131
Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	157
	158
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Best Value Writing Studies Schools	184
Best Writing Studies Schools	223

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in writing from Manhattanville. This makes it the #131 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Writing Graduates from Manhattanville Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Manhattanville is $27,127. This is 0% higher than $27,021, which is the national average for all writing bachelor's degree recipients.

Writing Student Demographics at Manhattanville

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

Manhattanville Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

The writing program at Manhattanville awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Manhattanville College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Manhattanville Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in writing from Manhattanville in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. Manhattanville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Manhattanville, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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

Manhattanville also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• English Literature (Other)

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 Manhattanville 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.