Creative WritingNorth America

403 Master's degrees in Creative Writing in North America

Liberty University4,2(26)

Online

Creative Writing (Online)

Liberty University’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing (Online) can help you develop your writing passion into a career so you can set your works free to impact culture and the world.

M.F.A. Part-time Online

2½ years$12,384/yr

University of Memphis4,4(17)

Memphis, United States Top 5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The majority of Creative Writing students at University of Memphis are funded under research or teaching assistantships.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$12,660/yr

George Mason University4,1(103)

Fairfax, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing MFA of George Mason University is a three-year residency program offering tracks in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus +2

3 years$41,124/yr

Rosemont College5,0(1)

Ardmore, United States

Double Degree in Creative Writing and Publishing

More information, more training, more contacts, less time--earn two degrees in only three years. The Double Degree in Creative Writing and Publishing program at Rosemont College offers students the best of both programs in a compressed time.

Master Full-time +2 Blended

3 years$16,800/yr

University of New Hampshire4,3(7)

Durham, United States Top 4% in Worldwide

Writing

Get the support of a talented community of peers? Focus on fiction, narrative nonfiction or poetry in the graduate M.F.A. Writing program from University of New Hampshire, which has launched the careers of hundreds of poets, novelists, storywriters, essayists and memoirists.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$31,575/yr

Northwestern University4,2(54)

Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Litowitz MFA/MA Program in Creative Writing at Northwestern University offers intimate classes, the opportunity to pursue both creative and critical writing, and close mentorship by renowned faculty in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Master Full-time On-campus

2 years, 9 months$45,946/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 Texas at Austin4,3(27)

Austin, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

New Writers Project - Creative Writing

The New Writers Project - Creative Writing MFA program offered at University of Texas at Austin is a small, fully funded, three-year studio program within the large and highly-ranked Department of English.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

3 years$17,694/yr

Boston University4,1(85)

Boston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The MFA in Creative Writing at Boston University is a small, intensive one-year program (two to three semesters). The goal of the program is to help each of our students become better writers of original prose and poetry and to produce readers, critics, poets, and writers of the highest quality.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$66,670/yr

Old Dominion University4,3(12)

Norfolk, United States Top 5% in Worldwide

Rhetoric and Composition (English)

At once theoretical, historical, critical, and applied, this Rhetoric and Composition (English) MA program from Old Dominion University is designed to help students better understand how language creates meaning across a wide range of discourses and cultural practices.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$40,050/yr

University of Oklahoma4,5(30)

Norman, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

English - Rhetoric and Writing Studies

The strengths of the English - Rhetoric and Writing Studies program at University of Oklahoma are flexibility, immersion, and student engagement in developing their own courses of study based on areas of interest.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$22,256/yr

The Ohio State University4,5(31)

Columbus, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing program at The Ohio State University is designed to help graduate students develop to the fullest their talents and abilities as writers of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

3 years$44,310/yr

Minnesota State University Mankato4,3(17)

Mankato, United States

Creative Writing

The program in Creative Writing at Minnesota State University Mankato serves exceptionally talented graduate students from around the country—and even the world—developing their work in the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

3 years$15,178/yr

Fairleigh Dickinson University4,0(6)

Online

Creative Writing - Fiction

This Creative Writing - Fiction MFA course from the Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty brings diverse styles of writing together through workshops and lectures, and students are exposed to many different voices.

M.F.A. Full-time Online

2 years$10,470/yr

Southern New Hampshire University4,5(66)

Online

English and Creative Writing - Screenwriting Online

We live in an increasingly visual society. The English and Creative Writing - Screenwriting Online program at Southern New Hampshire University is an advanced exploration of the world of film and video, from shorts and episodic serials to feature-length blockbusters and documentaries.

M.Sc. Part-time Online

1 year, 3 months$18,979/yr

Ashland University4,1(17)

Ashland, United States

Creative Writing

If you want to develop writing skills and relationships that will last a lifetime and are eager to gain publishing experience by working as an editor for a literary magazine or a publishing assistant for a poetry press, then the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Ashland University is the right program for you.

M.F.A. Full-time Blended

2 years$16,425/yr

Seton Hill University4,5(2)

Online

Writing Popular Fiction

This one-of-a-kind Writing Popular Fiction program of Seton Hill University teaches writers to create – and market – the fiction that sells. It is designed for new or experienced authors who wish to write within popular fiction genres such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery or young adult.

M.F.A. Part-time Online

1 year$28,470/yr

The City University of New York4,2(40)

New York City, United States Top 8% in Worldwide

Creative Writing - Fiction

The Creative Writing - Fiction degree at The City University of New York offers single-discipline and inter-genre workshops, literature seminars, small-group reading tutorials, and one-on-one tutorials, all of which emphasize relationships between students and eminent faculty.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$15,390/yr

Smith College

Northampton, United States

Playwriting

The Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting program at Smith College, offered by the Department of Theatre, provides specialized training to candidates who have demonstrated professional promise in playwriting.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$61,260/yr

Lasell University3,0(1)

Newton, United States

Creative Writing

Lasell University's Solstice Low-residency MFA in Creative Writing is a selective two-year program that helps you further your writing practice with a high level of professional proficiency while developing your unique voice in a supportive community.

M.F.A. Full-time Blended

2 years$19,710/yr