Writing Studies at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. Of the 327 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New England College in 2021, 8 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.

NEC Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

NEC Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at NEC 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.

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in writing from NEC. This makes it the #85 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Writing Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in writing from NEC in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NEC Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of writing master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from NEC, 92% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Editors	400	$57,750
Writers and Authors	340	$56,850
English Language and Literature Professors	310	$85,140
Technical Writers	180	$76,020
Professors	170	$63,850

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.