Writing Studies at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 45 of them were writing studies majors.

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.

USC Writing Studies Degrees Available

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

USC Writing Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at USC 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	57
Best Writing Studies Schools	102

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in writing from USC. This makes it the #116 most popular school for writing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Writing Graduates from USC Make?

The median salary of writing students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $23,653. This is less than $27,021, which is the national average of all writing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Writing Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in writing from USC. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 10 writing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a writing master's degree from USC, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

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
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.