Writing Studies at Manhattanville College

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

Manhattanville is located in Purchase, New York and approximately 2,408 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

Manhattanville Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

Manhattanville Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at Manhattanville

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

Manhattanville Writing Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in writing from Manhattanville. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. Manhattanville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Manhattanville, 56% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 Manhattanville College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.