Writing Studies at Northern State University

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Northern State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and approximately 3,431 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

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.

NSU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

NSU Writing Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks writing programs across the country. The following shows how NSU 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 NSU 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	134
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	192

Writing Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 writing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NSU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at NSU 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 Northern State University 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	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NSU 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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
English Language and Literature Professors	170	$59,930
Editors	150	$48,100
Technical Writers	120	$50,320
Writers and Authors	70	$49,410

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.