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Writing Studies at Columbia College Chicago

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Writing Studies at Columbia College Chicago

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what Columbia College Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received their master's degree in writing.

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.

Columbia Writing Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Writing

Columbia Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Writing Studies Master’s Program

68% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of writing master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Columbia, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a master's in writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Professors 3,040 $66,970
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Technical Writers 1,460 $69,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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