Writing Studies at Buffalo State

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 Buffalo State stacks up to those at other schools.

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and has a total student population of 8,339. In 2021, 6 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Buffalo State.

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.

Buffalo State Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Buffalo State Writing Studies Rankings

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

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 Buffalo State 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Popular Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	14

Writing Student Demographics at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State 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 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Buffalo State since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in writing.

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

Buffalo State 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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Technical Writers	2,460	$76,380

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.