Writing Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York 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 New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 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 University in the City of New York.

Columbia Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at Columbia awarded 97 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Columbia, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	58
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

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
Technical Writers	2,460	$76,380

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 Nandaro under License

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