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Career Information for Technical Writers in Massachusetts

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Fast Facts for Technical Writers in Massachusetts

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Framingham and Lowell
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Springfield and Worcester
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Boston and Framingham

Salaries for Technical Writers in Massachusetts

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Framingham and Lowell. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Technical Writers in Massachusetts are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Technical Writers in Massachusetts

DeVry University Online
Online

One of the largest post-secondary educators in the United States, DeVry provides access to many of its degree programs via the Internet.

  • Programs: Management - Technical Communication, Technical Management - Technical Communication
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor

Kaplan University Online
Online

Kaplan University offers dozens of online degree programs, designed for learners who require maximum schedule flexibility. Some degrees cab be earned in as few as 12 months.

  • Programs: Communication - Technical Communication
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor

Massachusetts Technical Writing Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
American International CollegeSpringfieldDoctorate2,678
Amherst CollegeAmherstBachelor1,683
Anna Maria CollegePaxtonMasters1,244
Assumption CollegeWorcesterMasters2,872
Atlantic Union CollegeSouth LancasterMasters562
Bard College at Simon's RockGreat BarringtonBachelor403
Bentley UniversityWalthamDoctorate5,636
Boston CollegeChestnut HillDoctorate & First Professional14,621
Boston UniversityBostonDoctorate & First Professional32,053
Brandeis UniversityWalthamDoctorate5,333
Bridgewater State CollegeBridgewaterMasters9,934
Bunker Hill Community CollegeBostonAssociate8,806
Clark UniversityWorcesterDoctorate3,210
College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopeeMasters1,258
College of the Holy CrossWorcesterBachelor2,847
Curry CollegeMiltonMasters3,182
Dean CollegeFranklinBachelor1,302
Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincyMasters1,075
Emmanuel College BostonBostonMasters2,467
Endicott CollegeBeverlyMasters3,710
Fitchburg State CollegeFitchburgMasters6,692
Framingham State CollegeFraminghamMasters5,903
Gordon College WenhamWenhamMasters1,648
Hampshire CollegeAmherstBachelor1,431
Harvard UniversityCambridgeDoctorate25,690
Lasell CollegeNewtonMasters1,403
Lesley UniversityCambridgeDoctorate7,003
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth AdamsMasters1,841
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeDoctorate10,220
Merrimack CollegeNorth AndoverMasters2,098
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth HadleyMasters2,204
Nichols CollegeDudleyMasters1,477
Northeastern UniversityBostonDoctorate & First Professional24,434
Pine Manor CollegeChestnut HillMasters472
Regis CollegeWestonDoctorate1,511
Simmons CollegeBostonDoctorate4,733
Smith CollegeNorthamptonDoctorate3,065
Stonehill CollegeEastonBachelor2,450
Suffolk UniversityBostonDoctorate9,103
Tufts UniversityMedfordDoctorate & First Professional9,758
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstDoctorate25,873
University of Massachusetts-BostonBostonDoctorate13,433
University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth DartmouthDoctorate9,080
University of Massachusetts-LowellLowellDoctorate11,635
Wellesley CollegeWellesleyBachelor2,380
Western New England CollegeSpringfieldDoctorate3,657
Westfield State CollegeWestfieldMasters5,392
Wheaton College NortonNortonBachelor1,657
Williams CollegeWilliamstownMasters2,073
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcesterDoctorate4,158
Worcester State CollegeWorcesterMasters5,358

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Technical Writers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Massachusetts. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Technical Writers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Technical Writers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

MASSACHUSETTS

   
Framingham420$86,2807.6
Lowell190$79,6604.7
Boston1,490$78,7902.4
Worcester100$73,3401.2
Springfield50$53,1400.5
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