Writing Studies at Metropolitan State University

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what Metropolitan State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552.

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.

Metro State Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Metro State Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Metro State 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 Metro State

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

Metro State Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Metro State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Metro State Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of writing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Metropolitan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	23
Creative Writing	10

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

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
• Image Credit: By Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.