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Creative Writing at California State University - Long Beach

Creative Writing at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

CSULB Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Creative Writing Master’s Program

50% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of degree recipients. That is 60% 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 creative writing.

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

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative 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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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