Writing Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh

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 SUNY Plattsburgh stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from SUNY Plattsburgh.

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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Writing (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

SUNY Plattsburgh Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Basic Certificate Schools	45
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	269

Writing Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 writing majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Plattsburgh. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in writing.

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

SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh.

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.