Writing Studies at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 2 of them were writing studies majors.

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.

UCCS Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

UCCS Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at UCCS 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
Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53

Writing Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in writing from UCCS. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in writing.

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

UCCS 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
English Language and Literature Professors	1,410	$60,440
Technical Writers	1,240	$80,250
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Professors	410	$63,920

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.