Writing Studies at Whitman College

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 Whitman College stacks up to those at other schools.

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and approximately 1,360 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from Whitman.

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.

Whitman Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Whitman Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Whitman 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 Whitman 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 Schools	85
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Most Popular Writing Studies Schools	324

Writing Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in writing from Whitman. About 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 7% 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Whitman 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Technical Writers	1,180	$86,470
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.