Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing at Portland State University

Every professional, technical, business, & scientific writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the professional, technical, business, and scientific writing program at Portland State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing section at the bottom of this page.

Portland State University Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

Portland State University Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Rankings

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Student Demographics at Portland State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the professional, technical, business, and scientific writing majors at Portland State University.

Portland State University Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of professional, technical, business, and scientific writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing each year. Portland State University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a professional, technical, business, and scientific writing master's degree from Portland State University, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Portland State University with a master's in professional, technical, business, and scientific writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Creative Writing

Careers That Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in professional, technical, business, and scientific 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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Editors	1,080	$55,610
English Language and Literature Professors	820	$76,450
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050
Technical Writers	680	$68,320

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.