Writing Studies at University of California - Davis

Every writing studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the writing program at University of California - Davis stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 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.

UC Davis Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

UC Davis Writing Studies Rankings

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In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in writing from UC Davis. This makes it the #210 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Writing Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 writing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Davis, about 25% were men and 75% were women.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

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

UC Davis 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

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
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.