Writing Studies at Stephen F Austin State University

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

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and has a total student population of 12,620. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from SFASU.

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.

SFASU Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

SFASU Writing Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks writing programs across the country. The following shows how SFASU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at SFASU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Writing Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	89
	157
Most Focused Writing Studies Schools	325

Earnings of SFASU Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $26,264. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,021 for all writing students.

Writing Student Demographics at SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at SFASU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SFASU 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 TX, the home state for Stephen F Austin State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.