The main focus area for this major is General Writing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Writing Studies is a major offered under the English language and literature program of study at San Diego State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in writing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at SDSU was ranked #189 on College Factual's Best Schools for writing list. It is also ranked #14 in California.
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The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,978 | $1,978 |
Books and Supplies | $1,079 | $1,079 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,531 | $18,531 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,910 | $2,910 |
Learn more about SDSU tuition and fees.
SDSU does not offer an online option for its writing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SDSU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.3% of the writing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 68.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in writing at SDSU in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Writing Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Writing | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to writing studies.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General English Literature | 97 |
*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.
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