Creative Writing at University of Houston - Victoria

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

UH Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and has a total student population of 4,922.

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.

UH Victoria Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Online Classes Are Available at UH Victoria

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UH Victoria offers distance education options for creative writing at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

UH Victoria Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UH Victoria

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at University of Houston - Victoria.

UH Victoria Creative Writing Master’s Program

89% Women

78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
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 University of Houston - Victoria.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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