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Creative Writing at University of Houston

Creative Writing at University of Houston

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 stacks up to those at other schools.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

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 Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UH Creative Writing Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in creative writing, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Creative Writing Master’s Program

86% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 2
International Students 1
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.

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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