Writing Studies at San Francisco State 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 San Francisco State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 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.

SFSU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

SFSU Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a master’s in writing from SFSU in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from SFSU, 55% 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 27% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 Francisco 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 Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.