Writing Studies at Texas State University

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Texas State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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.

Texas State Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing
• Master’s Degree in Writing

Texas State Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at Texas State 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.

Writing Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Texas State University with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas State Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of writing master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from Texas State, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

If you plan to be a writing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing	23
Rhetoric & Composition	9
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	6

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 Texas 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.