Writing Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso

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

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879. 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.

UTEP Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing
• Doctorate Degree in Writing

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UTEP does offer online courses in writing for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UTEP Writing Studies Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in writing, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Writing Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at UTEP awarded 16 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 The University of Texas at El Paso.

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.