Creative Writing at University of San Francisco

If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what University of San Francisco has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 10,068 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.

USFCA Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

USFCA Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at USFCA

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

USFCA Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. USFCA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from USFCA, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for University of San Francisco.

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

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 Eric Chan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.