Creative Writing at Tompkins Cortland Community College

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at Tompkins Cortland Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tompkins Cortland is located in Dryden, New York and has a total student population of 4,764.

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

Tompkins Cortland Creative Writing Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Creative Writing

Online Classes Are Available at Tompkins Cortland

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Tompkins Cortland offers distance education options for creative writing at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Tompkins Cortland Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Tompkins Cortland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Tompkins Cortland Creative Writing Associate’s Program

17% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of creative writing associate's degrees went to men and 17% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in creative writing only graduates about 29% men each year. The program at Tompkins Cortland may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 54% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in creative writing at Tompkins Cortland are white. Around 83% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tompkins Cortland Community College with a associate's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative 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 Tompkins Cortland Community College.

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

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*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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