Writing Studies at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 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.

Pacific Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

Pacific Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Pacific 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 Pacific

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

Pacific Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Pacific University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pacific Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of writing master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Pacific, 72% 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 Pacific University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	38

Related Majors

• 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Editors	1,080	$55,610
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,450
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050
Technical Writers	680	$68,320

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.