Writing Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 19,086. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from MSU Denver.

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.

MSU Denver Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

MSU Denver Writing Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks writing programs across the country. The following shows how MSU Denver performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at MSU Denver 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 Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Best Writing Studies Schools	104

How Much Do Writing Graduates from MSU Denver Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Denver is $37,230. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 38% higher than the national average of $27,021 for all writing bachelor's degree recipients.

Writing Student Demographics at MSU Denver

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

MSU Denver Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 73 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from MSU Denver in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at MSU Denver are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

MSU Denver 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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
English Language and Literature Professors	1,410	$60,440
Technical Writers	1,240	$80,250
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Professors	410	$63,920

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.