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Creative Writing at University of Southern California

Creative Writing at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

USC Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. 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.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its creative 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 creative writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 18
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 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

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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