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Writing Studies at Oberlin College

Writing Studies at Oberlin College

Every writing studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the writing program at Oberlin College stacks up to those at other schools.

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oberlin Writing Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Oberlin Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Oberlin 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.

Writing Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 18
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

The following writing concentations are available at Oberlin College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing 24

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
English Language and Literature Professors 2,740 $84,970
Editors 2,090 $60,670
Technical Writers 1,830 $63,340
Writers and Authors 1,360 $48,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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