Writing Studies at San Diego State University

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if San Diego State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

SDSU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

SDSU Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a master's degree in Writing Studies from SDSU in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from SDSU, 58% 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 San Diego State University with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• General English Literature

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 San Diego State 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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.