by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Creative Writing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Writing Studies is a major offered under the English language and literature program of study at Sweet Briar College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in writing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The writing major at Sweet Briar is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Writing. 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for Sweet Briar.
Part-time undergraduates at Sweet Briar paid an average of $915 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $21,900 | $21,900 |
| Fees | $800 | $800 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,850 | $2,850 |
Learn more about Sweet Briar tuition and fees.
Sweet Briar does not offer an online option for its writing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Sweet Briar Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in writing in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Around 10.0% of writing bachelor’s degree recipients at Sweet Briar in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Writing Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Creative Writing | 10 |
*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.
