Technical and Business Writing
University of Houston - Downtown (UHD)
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- English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Job DescriptionTeach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature.Salary and Wages
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
- Total Employment: 860
- Average Annual Salary: $71,400
Important Abilities- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Clarity
- Editors
- Job DescriptionPerform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.Salary and Wages
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
- Total Employment: 1,190
- Average Annual Salary: $57,100
- Average Hourly Rate: $27.45
Projections- Total Employment (2006): 121,511
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 124,275
- Percent Job Growth: 2.27%

Important Abilities- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Fluency of Ideas
- Originality
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
- Technical Writers
- Job DescriptionWrite technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.Salary and Wages
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
- Total Employment: 710
- Average Annual Salary: $59,040
- Average Hourly Rate: $28.38
Projections- Total Employment (2006): 49,151
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 58,741
- Percent Job Growth: 19.51%

Important Abilities- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Near Vision
Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
Technical and Business Writing
| Total | Bachelor | Master | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | |||
| All Students | 23 | 19 | 4 |
| By Gender | |||
| Male | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Female | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| By Race | |||
| Non-Resident Alien | - | - | - |
| American Indian | - | - | - |
| Black | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Asian | - | - | - |
| Hispanic | 5 | 5 | - |
| White | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Unknown | - | - | - |
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- Highest Degree Offered: Doctoral
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- Highest Degree Offered: Doctoral
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- Classification: Research Universities (High Research Activity)
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- Degrees or Certifications Awarded For This Program: 0
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Source: IPEDS Survey 2007-2008
