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Rhetoric & Composition at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Rhetoric & Composition at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

What traits are you looking for in a rhetoric and composition school? To help you decide if Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's rhetoric and composition program.

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,130.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Rhetoric & Composition section at the bottom of this page.

Ship Rhetoric & Composition Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition

Online Classes Are Available at Ship

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Ship does offer online courses in rhetoric and composition for the following degree levels:

Ship Rhetoric & Composition Rankings

The rhetoric and composition major at Ship is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rhetoric & Composition. 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.

Rhetoric and Composition Student Demographics at Ship

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rhetoric and composition majors at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Ship Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of rhetoric and composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical rhetoric and composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Ship since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in rhetoric and composition at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in rhetoric and composition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Rhetoric and Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in rhetoric and composition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140

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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