Creative Writing at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334.

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.

SDSU Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

SDSU Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Creative Writing Master’s Program

50% Women

46% 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. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 San Diego State University.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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