Writing Studies at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 15,239.

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.

UH Downtown Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing
• Master’s Degree in Writing

UH Downtown Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of writing master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

If you plan to be a writing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston - Downtown. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	3
Rhetoric & Composition	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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Downtown.

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 Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.