Writing Studies at Mount Saint Mary’s University

Every writing studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the writing program at Mount Saint Mary's University stacks up to those at other schools.

MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 2,745. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

MSMU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

MSMU Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at MSMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

MSMU Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at MSMU awarded 12 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. MSMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
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 CA, the home state for Mount Saint Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Dasandman008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.