Writing Studies at Millikin University

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

Millikin is located in Decatur, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,982. Of the 451 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Millikin University in 2021, 4 of them were writing studies majors.

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.

Millikin Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Millikin Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Millikin 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	172
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251

Writing Student Demographics at Millikin

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

Millikin Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Writing Studies from Millikin in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were 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 Millikin University with a bachelor's in writing.

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

Millikin 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 IL, the home state for Millikin University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860
Professors	3,040	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Technical Writers	1,460	$69,320

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 Paris25 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.