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403 Master's degrees in Creative Writing in North America
Humber Polytechnic4,2(88)
Online Creative Writing - Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
The Creative Writing - Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry graduate certificate programme from Humber Polytechnic helps you improve your writing from the comfort of home.
Postgraduate Certificate Part-time Online
1 year$14,033/yr
University of Massachusetts Amherst4,5(11)
Amherst Center, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Poets and Writers
Among the oldest and most respected MFA programs in the country, the MFA for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a three-year program dedicated to writing workshops and the completion of a book-length manuscript in prose or poetry.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
3 years$37,269/yr
Arizona State University4,3(230)
Tempe, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Theatre - Dramatic Writing
The Theatre - Dramatic Writing MFA program from Arizona State University includes coursework in playwriting, screenwriting, historical studies in theatre, dramatic theory, directing new work, literary management, electives and related topics such as writing for solo performance, storytelling, devising and collaborative writing.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
2 years$30,348/yr
Towson University4,4(22)
Towson, United States Top 10% in Worldwide Professional Writing
If you have a passion for writing, a natural curiosity and a desire to apply your creative talents in a professional career, this Professional Writing degree at Towson University can help you achieve your goal.
M.Sc. Full-time On-campus
1 year$48,060/yr
The University of Akron4,5(4)
Akron, United States Top 8% in Worldwide Creative Writing (NEOMFA)
The Creative Writing (NEOMFA) program of The University of Akron provides students with opportunities to develop their skills in writing fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction. It is the terminal degree.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$28,230/yr
Columbia University4,3(91)
Manhattan, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide Writing - Nonfiction
The Writing - Nonfiction program at Columbia University offers instruction in a full range of subgenres, from memoir and personal essay to science writing, criticism, humour, research methods, profiles, food writing and lyric essay.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
2 years$77,840/yr
School of Visual Arts4,0(2)
New York City, United States Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Whether your background is in design, journalism, science, history or something else entirely, the Design Research, Writing and Criticism program at School of Visual Arts might just be the next step in your career trajectory.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$59,600/yr
University of Southern California4,1(63)
Los Angeles, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Applied Theatre Arts
The Applied Theatre Arts MA program offered at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts invites community-based artists, educators, therapists, social workers and political activists to explore how theatre can be applied to non-traditional theatrical settings through a rigorous one year and one summer course of study.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$73,260/yr
Northern Arizona University4,4(26)
Online Top 4% in Worldwide English - Professional Writing
The English - Professional Writing MA at Northern Arizona University is a 33-credit postgraduate programme designed for aspiring communicators. Delivered through a flexible online study mode, this degree focuses on creating reader-driven content. Students develop high-level expertise in technical and professional documentation.
M.A. Part-time Online
1 year$11,970/yr
Stanford University4,1(54)
Stanford, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide Modern Thought and Literature
The Modern Thought and Literature programme at Stanford University offers an interdisciplinary approach to literary study. This full-time degree focuses on the intersection of creative writing and literature, providing students with a rigorous academic environment at a world-leading institution in the United States.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$42,360/yr
San José State University4,4(38)
San Jose, United States Top 9% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Creative Writing program at San José State University is a dual-genre program with concentrations in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and playwriting/screenwriting.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
2 years$20,920/yr
University of Kansas4,6(8)
Lawrence, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The University of Kansas' Creative Writing MFA is a three-year program with tracks in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and playwriting.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
3 years$20,712/yr
Portland State University4,1(47)
Portland, United States Top 5% in Worldwide Professional and Technical Writing
Earn your master’s in Professional and Technical Writing from Portland State University and jumpstart your career as an expert technical communicator.
Master Full-time +2 On-campus +3
1 year$33,120/yr
University of Southern California4,1(63)
Los Angeles, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Dramatic Writing
The Dramatic Writing degree offered at University of Southern California provides students with the foundation to not only build a fruitful career, but to further discover and develop their own authentic voice.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
3 years$73,260/yr
The University of New Mexico4,1(29)
Albuquerque, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Creative Writing
MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of New Mexico is designed for graduate students committed to pursuing the writing life. This three-year degree combines studio-based workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with craft seminars and coursework in literature, pedagogy, and professional writing.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
1½ year$29,146/yr
California State University Sacramento3,8(8)
Sacramento, United States Top 8% in Worldwide Composition, Rhetoric, and Professional Writing
The MA in Composition, Rhetoric, and Professional Writing from California State University Sacramento is recommended for students preparing to teach at the high school or community college level or advance as writers in professional, workplace contexts.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$8,064/yr
University of Florida4,3(102)
Gainesville, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Creative Writing program at University of Florida seeks students with an equal interest in writing and in reading literature. They don’t believe in any particular school of writing; they have no wish to foster or found one. Criticism in the writing workshop here attempts to fulfill the design of a poem or a story on its own terms.
M.F.A. Full-time On-campus
3 years$31,872/yr
University of Kentucky3,2(5)
Lexington-Fayette, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Creative Writing
Situated in historic Lexington and surrounded by the awesomeness of thoroughbred horse farms and bourbon distilleries, the Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky enjoys a rich literary heritage dating back to 1947, when Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist A.B. Guthrie first offered courses in fiction.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
1 year$37,326/yr
University of Findlay3,0(1)
Findlay, United States Rhetoric and Writing
Rhetoric and Writing from University of Findlay is the only private liberal arts program in Ohio to offer a face-to-face Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing degree.
M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus
2 years$9,990/yr
Colorado State University4,1(107)
Fort Collins, United States Top 2% in Worldwide English - English Education
The English - English Education programme offered by Colorado State University is home to poets and linguists, literacy researchers and teacher educators, novelists and literary scholars, composition specialists and writers of creative nonfiction.
M.A. Full-time On-campus
2 years$31,566/yr