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Basic Certificate in Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing

Basic Certificates in Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing

1,531 Yearly Graduations
75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 50% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.2% of professional, technical, business, and scientific writing graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 1,531 people earned their basic certificate in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 1,531
Bachelor’s Degree 677
Master’s Degree 377
Graduate Certificate 201
Undergraduate Certificate 30
Doctor’s Degree 28
Associate Degree 19

Earnings of Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for professional, technical, business, and scientific writing majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for professional, technical, business, and scientific writing students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing. About 75.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 380
Women 1,151
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The racial-ethnic distribution of professional, technical, business, and scientific writing basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 51
Black or African American 522
Hispanic or Latino 145
White 734
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 60
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to professional, technical, business, and scientific writing that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing 280
Other Rhetoric & Composition 114
General Writing 55
Rhetoric & Composition 14

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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