Writing Studies at University of California - Riverside

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Riverside. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 64 writing majors received their bachelor's degree from UCR.

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.

UCR Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

UCR Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at UCR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCR 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
Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	137
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
	166
Best Value Writing Studies Schools	262

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in writing from UCR. This makes it the #15 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCR Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCR is $19,198. This is less than $27,021, which is the national average of all writing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Writing Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 University of California - Riverside with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCR Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 38 students who earned a master's degree in Writing Studies from UCR in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. UCR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from UCR, 58% 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 39% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCR 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 - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.