Writing Studies at Old Dominion University

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 Old Dominion University stacks up to those at other schools.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286.

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.

Old Dominion Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Old Dominion Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Old Dominion 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in writing, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Writing Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	71
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Old Dominion Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in writing each year. Old Dominion does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Old Dominion, 78% 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 Old Dominion University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Old Dominion University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rhetoric & Composition	225
Creative Writing	10
Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies	7
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	2

Related Majors

• English Literature (Other)
• 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
Technical Writers	2,840	$85,450
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.