Writing Studies at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 26,434. 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.

UCR Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

UCR Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at UCR awarded 38 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. UCR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from UCR, 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 39% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 University of California - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.