Writing Studies at Seattle University

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

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 7,050. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Seattle U.

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.

Seattle U Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Seattle U Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Seattle U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Seattle U 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 Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	164

How Much Do Writing Graduates from Seattle U Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Seattle U is $23,270. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at Seattle U

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

Seattle U Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Seattle U since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Seattle U are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Seattle University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Seattle U 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 WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Technical Writers	1,180	$86,470
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.