Creative Writing

689 Master's degrees in Creative Writing

University of East Anglia4,4(30)

Online Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing Crime Fiction (Part Time)

Crime fiction is one of the world’s most popular literary genres for a reason. It's dynamic, engaging, inclusive, and imaginative. Learn the craft of this exciting genre in our MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction (Part Time), part of University of East Anglia’s world-renowned Creative Writing programme.

M.A. Part-time Online

2 years$16,623/yr

Ball State University4,1(18)

Muncie, United States Top 7% in Worldwide

English-Creative Writing

The English-Creative Writing Master is offered by Ball State University. Whether your long-term plans involve the pursuit of an MFA, a PhD, or a career in professional writing or editing, Ball State’s master of arts in creative writing is designed to prepare you for the next step in your writing life.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,918/yr

The New School4,3(16)

New York City, United States Top 8% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing MFA program offered by The New School is designed to help you develop your craft in workshops and literature seminars led by an internationally recognized faculty and renowned authors.

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

2 years$35,856/yr

University of East Anglia4,4(30)

Norwich, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

This Creative Writing Master’s course from University of East Anglia will equip you to engage with this world and its vast audiences, now and in the future. You'll have the unique opportunity to work across forms of writing to help you discover and enhance your talent.

M.A. Part-time On-campus

2 years$32,364/yr

University of Utah4,6(14)

Salt Lake City, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing MFA program at the University of Utah in creative writing is small and selective. It gives students the opportunity to study literature, participate in intensive writing workshops, and work in a close community of writers.

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

2 years$19,708/yr

University of York4,3(138)

York, United Kingdom Top 1% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

Creative Writing from University of York, you'll join a vibrant creative community, filled with experts in literature and the creative industries. We'll enhance your critical skills and support you to become a confident, creative professional.

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

1 year$36,503/yr

Tiffin University4,0(4)

Online

Creative Writing

If you have a passion for writing and seek to publish your work, Tiffin University’s Master of Humanities in Creative Writing can help you improve your writing skills and reach your goals.

Master Part-time Online

1½ year$13,590/yr

University of Aberdeen4,5(79)

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Top 1% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing programme of the University of Aberdeen is a taught programme designed to offer you a constructive, highly supportive learning environment in which to develop your writing and creative potential. You will be introduced to the processes and challenges involved in producing creative work of publishable quality, whether in poetry or prose, fiction or creative non-fiction.

M.Litt. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$31,211/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

University of Essex4,2(91)

Colchester, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Wild Writing - Literature, Landscape and the Environment

The Wild Writing - Literature, Landscape and the Environment degree from University of Essex allows you to explore this landscape and the wilder landscapes of Britain, as well as those across the world, through a combination of modules.

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

1 year$32,398/yr

Queen's University Belfast4,3(81)

Belfast, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

English (Poetry)

Within this English (Poetry) MA degree from the Queen's University Belfast drawing on our long-standing reputation for producing distinguished critics and poets, this programme's creative-critical intersections make it suitable for a new generation of poets and critics alike.

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

1 year$31,211/yr

University of Limerick4,2(112)

Limerick, Ireland Top 3% in Worldwide

Songwriting

The Songwriting programme from University of Limerick is for people who want to study the artistic practice of songwriting in depth.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$21,088/yr

Academy of Art University3,8(87)

San Francisco, United States

Fashion Journalism

The Master of Arts Program in Fashion Journalism at Academy of Art University equips students with subject-area expertise to help communicate the rising complexity of the global fashion industry.

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

1½ year$33,426/yr

Manhattanville University

Harrison, United States

Creative Writing

Manhattanville University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program prepares well-rounded and versatile writers who are ready for today’s creative opportunities, from traditional publishing and editing careers to freelance writing and teaching.

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

2 years$15,480/yr

University of Limerick4,2(112)

Limerick, Ireland Top 3% in Worldwide

Creative Writing - Pre-Master's Programme

This one-year Creative Writing - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at University of Limerick offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.

Pre-Master Full-time On-campus

9 months$19,132/full

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley4,0(25)

Texas City, United States Top 7% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing degree at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley offers the student advanced study and practice of literary craft leading to a terminal degree and a significant body of the student’s own creative work.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$17,673/yr

Teesside University4,4(74)

Online Top 9% in Worldwide

Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online)

Are you interested in the ways that creative writing can be used as a tool for wellbeing? Perhaps you already work with creative writing in this context or maybe you’d like to find out more about this growing field of practice and research? Teesside University offers a masterin Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online).

M.A. Full-time +2 Online

1 year$11,480/yr

Keele University4,3(18)

Keele, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

This Creative Writing degree from Keele University brings together a strong community of published and aspiring writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and storytelling who, like you, appreciate the potential power of words and have embarked on a journey of self-expression.

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

1 year$22,526/yr

Eastern Washington University3,3(7)

Cheney, United States

Creative Writing

Our MFA Creative Writing program at Eastern Washington University, established in 1978, is a two-year, full residency, studio-based program featuring intensive study of fiction and poetry. We offer a wide range of fully-funded positions in teaching, editing, and arts administration!

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

2 years$28,164/yr

University of Pittsburgh4,2(6)

Pittsburgh, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

Writing

The Writing degree at the University of Pittsburgh is a three-year degree providing students with the time and opportunity to produce a book-length final manuscript.

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

3 years$47,378/yr