Writing Studies at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

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.

CSULB Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

CSULB Writing Studies Rankings

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In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in writing from CSULB. This makes it the #116 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSULB Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $22,522. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at CSULB awarded 10 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. CSULB 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 90% of degree recipients. That is 61% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 California State University - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.