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Creative Writing at San Jose State University

Creative Writing at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208.

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.

San Jose State Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

San Jose State Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Creative Writing Master’s Program

47% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from San Jose State, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
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 San Jose 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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