Writing Studies at University of Northwestern - St Paul

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Northwestern - St Paul. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,506 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Northwestern Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Northwestern 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
	150
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258

Writing Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul 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	0

Northwestern 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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.