Writing Studies at Marquette University

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 Marquette University stacks up to those at other schools.

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,550. In 2021, 16 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Marquette.

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.

Marquette Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Marquette Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Marquette 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 Marquette 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
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	352

How Much Do Writing Graduates from Marquette Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marquette is $38,420. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 42% higher than the national average of $27,021 for all writing bachelor's degree recipients.

Writing Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

The writing program at Marquette awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Marquette are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Marquette 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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Professors	2,770	$76,130
Editors	1,580	$48,630
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,340
Technical Writers	760	$59,480
Writers and Authors	560	$59,360

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.