Writing Studies at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 7,267 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 2021, 7 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.

Northwest Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Writing (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Northwest Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Northwest compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Northwest 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 Schools	301

Writing Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

The writing program at Northwest awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri 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	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northwest 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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Editors	1,160	$55,460
Technical Writers	980	$58,840
English Language and Literature Professors	970	$80,380
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.