Creative Writing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and has a total student population of 32,441.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UT Rio Grande Valley Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Creative Writing Master’s Program

62% Women

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 85% of degree recipients. That is 57% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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