Creative Writing

689 Master's degrees in Creative Writing

Bath Spa University4,2(28)

Corsham, United Kingdom

Travel and Nature Writing

This Travel and Nature Writing programme at Bath Spa University focuses on learning to write from your own experience in the field. You’ll develop your writing skills and techniques, learn from established writers, and examine the history, context and genres of nature and travel writing.

M.A. Part-time Blended

2 years$12,511/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

University of Galway4,1(91)

Galway, Ireland Top 2% in Worldwide

Theatre Practice and Production

The Theatre Practice and Production programme at University of Galway prepares students for professional-level work in the theatre and other creative industries.

Master Full-time On-campus

1 year$23,478/yr

American College Dublin4,1(20)

Dublin, Ireland

Creative Writing

Based in the childhood home of Oscar Wilde at 1 Merrion Square and delivered in association with the Irish Writers’ Centre, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing at American College Dublin offers aspiring or published writers a one-year course of study which examines the process and practice of producing prose fiction.

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

1 year$11,716/yr

Northwestern University4,2(54)

Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Writing

The Writing program at Northwestern University provides students the opportunity to grow as artists within the specializations of fiction, nonfiction, popular fiction, and poetry. The small-group workshop format allows for individual attention from published, award-winning faculty.

M.A. Part-time Blended

1 yearTuition not available

University of Essex4,2(91)

Colchester, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Theatre Studies (Playwriting)

The Theatre Studies (Playwriting) degree offered at University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of playwrights and theatre practitioners who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.

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

2 years$27,988/yr

City St George's, University of London4,5(8)

London, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

Realise your passion for words and self-expression through a flexible creative writing programme that will develop your skills in your chosen form: fiction, genre fiction or non-fiction. This Creative Writing degree from City St George's, University of London combines a passion for the power of the imagination with intensive study of craft and critical approaches to writing.

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

1 year$28,972/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

University of Massachusetts Boston4,8(4)

Boston, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Critical and Creative Thinking

Develop the knowledge, skills, tools, and experience you need to make effective changes in education, work, social movements, science, or the arts through this Critical and Creative Thinking program from University of Massachusetts Boston.

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

1 year$29,932/yr

Curtin University4,3(70)

Perth, Australia Top 1% in Worldwide

Professional Writing and Publishing Major

The Professional Writing and Publishing Major programme from Curtin University will equip students with the skills, understanding and discipline to work in corporate communications and media in state, federal and local government, business and industry, the not-for-profit sector, arts organisations, and the magazine and book industries.

Postgraduate Diploma Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,780/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

Birkbeck, University of London4,1(35)

London, United Kingdom Top 3% in Worldwide

Screenwriting (Part-time)

Screenwriting (Part-time) programme at Birkbeck, University of London offers the opportunity to develop practical screenwriting skills and techniques, and to apply them to writing briefs, together with the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of communicating ideas in script form.

Postgraduate Certificate Part-time On-campus

1 year$9,200/yr

University of Central Oklahoma5,0(3)

Edmond, United States

Creative Writing

Creative Writing from University of Central Oklahoma prepares English graduates to be productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and to contribute to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of our local and global communities.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$13,761/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

Colorado State University4,1(107)

Fort Collins, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Colorado State University is for students with advanced abilities in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

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

3 years$31,566/yr

University of Melbourne4,2(116)

Melbourne, Australia Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing

Unearth and connect the shared skills between writer, editor and publisher. With the Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing program at University of Melbourne, you can gain a globally recognised, vocationally viable qualification designed with the changing nature of the publishing industry in mind.

Master Full-time +2 On-campus

2 years$35,308/yr

American University Washington DC3,9(164)

Washington, D. C., United States Top 4% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

For more than 30 years, writers have come to American University Washington DC to develop their work and exchange ideas in the District’s only Creative Writing MFA program.

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

2 years$37,440/yr