Writing Studies at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 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.

Texas State Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

Online Classes Are Available at Texas State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Texas State does offer online education options in writing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Texas State Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Writing Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 writing majors earned their master's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Texas State, 66% 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 29% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.