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General Writing at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study General Writing, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. Get started with the following essential facts.

The University of Texas at Austin is in Austin, TX.

During the most recent reporting year, 34 general writing degrees were awarded at The University of Texas at Austin.

Online Class Availability at The University of Texas at Austin

Many students take online classes at The University of Texas at Austin. Of 53,864 students, 257 (0%) studied exclusively online and 19,713 (37%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for General Writing graduates at The University of Texas at Austin, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, General Writing graduates at The University of Texas at Austin are 82% women (28) and 18% men (6).

General Writing Bachelor’s Program at The University of Texas at Austin

Among the 34 bachelor’s general writing graduates at The University of Texas at Austin, 82% were women (28) and 18% were men (6).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at The University of Texas at Austin.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	21
Hispanic / Latino	7
Black / African American	1
Asian	3
Unknown	2

Minority students account for 32% of General Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at The University of Texas at Austin, higher than the national average of 23%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for General Writing Graduates

Graduates of the General Writing program at The University of Texas at Austin work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for General Writing majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Editors	$100,346
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,437
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$70,619
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Writers and Authors	$63,195
Technical Writers	$52,099
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$30,503

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.