Writing Studies at University of South Florida - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if University of South Florida - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year.

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.

USF Tampa Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

USF Tampa Writing Studies Rankings

The writing major at USF Tampa 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.

Writing Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at USF Tampa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

USF Tampa Writing Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of writing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Writing Studies

Writing Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Florida - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	20
Creative Writing	9

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Technical Writers	2,740	$62,710
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.