by our College Data Analytics TeamWriting Studies is a major offered under the English language and literature program of study at University of Houston - Downtown. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in writing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UH Downtown paid an average of $794 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $435 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,821 | $14,283 |
| Fees | $1,456 | $1,456 |
Online degrees for the UH Downtown writing master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UH Downtown Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the writing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 67.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in writing at UH Downtown in 2019-2020, 46.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Writing Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing | 9 |
| Rhetoric & Composition | 6 |
*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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