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Writing Studies at San Jose State University

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Writing Studies at San Jose State University

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what San Jose State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

San Jose State Writing Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Writing

San Jose State Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Writing Studies Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The writing program at San Jose State awarded 6 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. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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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 Jose State University with a master's in writing.

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

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 Jose 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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