Writing Studies at Salem College

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Salem College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 636 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Salem.

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.

Salem Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Salem Writing Studies Rankings

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

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 Salem 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 Focused Writing Studies Schools	34
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	324

Writing Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in writing from Salem. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Salem College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salem 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 NC, the home state for Salem College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Professors	5,220	$70,590
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Technical Writers	1,390	$76,070
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.