Writing Studies at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and has a total student population of 3,439. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

SMC Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

SMC Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a master’s in writing from SMC in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from SMC, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Saint Mary's College of California.

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.