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University of Houston - Downtown MA in Writing Studies

Writing 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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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Writing from UH Downtown Cost?

UH Downtown Graduate Tuition and Fees

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

Does UH Downtown Offer an Online MA in Writing?

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.

UH Downtown Master’s Student Diversity for Writing

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 15 students received their master’s degree in writing. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

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%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

MA in Writing Focus Areas at UH Downtown

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

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.