Writing Studies at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you plan to study writing studies, take a look at what University of New Mexico - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 117 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from UNM.

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.

UNM Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

UNM Writing Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks writing programs across the country. The following shows how UNM performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at UNM 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 Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools	125
Best Value Writing Studies Schools	137

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in writing from UNM. This makes it the #77 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in writing, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UNM Writing Graduates

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNM is $31,260. This is 16% higher than $27,021, which is the national average for all writing bachelor's degree recipients.

Writing Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	42
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UNM Writing Studies Master’s Program

The writing program at UNM awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNM also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 4 students 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Technical Writers	410	$76,640
Editors	310	$44,370
English Language and Literature Professors	90	$56,750
Writers and Authors	70	$49,460

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.