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343 Master's degrees in Creative Writing in United States
San Francisco State University3,9(7)
San Francisco, United States Top 7% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Creative Writing MFA program offered at San Francisco State University is regarded as the terminal degree in the field.
M.F.A. On-campus
1 year$9,870/yr
University of Virginia4,3(35)
Charlottesville, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia is a three-year graduate program that, starting in 2023–24, admits four poets and four fiction writers each academic year.
M.F.A. On-campus
1 year$37,266/yr
Northwestern University4,2(54)
Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Writing for the Screen and Stage
The Writing for the Screen and Stage program at Northwestern University is founded upon these five principles, principles that have also guided Northwestern's highly successful undergraduate Creative Writing for the Media Program.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$45,946/yr
Northern Arizona University4,4(26)
Flagstaff, United States Top 4% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Creative Writing MFA at Northern Arizona University is a 36-credit postgraduate programme delivered full-time at the Flagstaff campus. This intensive degree focuses on honing craft through workshops in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, requiring a research-based thesis and oral defence to ensure professional mastery.
M.F.A. On-campus
1 year$32,190/yr
Chapman University4,5(20)
Los Angeles, United States Top 9% in Worldwide Screenwriting
The 2-year M.F.A. in Screenwriting at Chapman University is an intensive programme designed to encourage the development of your unique storytelling voice through the exploration of the intricacies of story structure and character development.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$54,404/yr
Chatham University5,0(1)
Pittsburgh, United States Creative Writing (Low residency)
Chatham University’s Creative Writing (Low residency) program grows from the legacy of Rachel Carson '29, a creative writer known for her social conscience. Our students understand that writing is ultimately a public act with the power to effect meaningful change.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$20,880/yr
University of Texas at Austin4,3(27)
Austin, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Writing
The Michener Center for Writers MFA in Writing is a three-year, fully funded residency program with a unique interdisciplinary focus. While writers apply and are admitted in a primary genre—fiction, poetry, playwriting or screenwriting—they also study a secondary genre during their time at the University of Texas at Austin.
M.F.A. On-campus
3 years$19,212/yr
University of Alaska Fairbanks5,0(1)
Fairbanks, United States Top 4% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Creative Writing programme is offered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
M.F.A. On-campus
3 years$22,140/yr
University of Arkansas4,0(5)
Fayetteville, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing from University of Arkansas offers degree tracks in poetry, fiction, and literary translation as well as the option of a focused study in rhetoric and composition.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$30,006/yr
Bridgewater State University3,9(7)
Bridgewater, United States English - Composition and Rhetoric
Designed to deepen knowledge of the various fields of the discipline of English, the English - Composition and Rhetoric degree at Bridgewater State University enhances students' understanding of the roles that language, literature, writing and rhetoric play in human societies and individual lives.
M.A. On-campus
2 years$8,827/yr
Bowling Green State University4,2(18)
Bowling Green, United States Top 9% in Worldwide Creative Writing
Bowling Green State University's Creative Writing program sets itself apart because the faculty is committed to supporting the unique voice and talents of each individual writer. It's not a factory churning out copies.
M.F.A. On-campus
1 year$10,643/yr
Butler University4,1(7)
Indianapolis, United States Creative Writing
Butler University’s 36-hour MFA in Creative Writing program is supported by a lively Indianapolis literary community.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$16,560/yr
Michigan State University4,1(26)
East Lansing, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Rhetoric and Writing
The Master of Arts Degree in Rhetoric and Writing from Michigan State University is an innovative, flexible degree program focused on educating the next generation of humanities leaders and thinkers who will engage their work in both academic and professional contexts
M.A. On-campus
2 years$26,610/yr
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee3,8(14)
Milwaukee, United States Top 5% in Worldwide Curriculum and Instruction - English Education (Creative Writing)
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Department of Teaching and Learning offers a graduate program of study in Curriculum and Instruction - English Education (Creative Writing), including choices of concentration in three Focus Areas: Subject Area, Instructional Level Area and Cross-Curricular Area.
M.Sc. On-campus
1 year$27,090/yr
Michigan State University4,1(26)
East Lansing, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing
The Master of Arts degree in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University is an innovative, flexible degree program focused on educating the next generation of humanities leaders and thinkers who will engage their work in both academic and professional contexts.
M.A. On-campus
2 years$26,610/yr
Rosemont College5,0(1)
Ardmore, United States Creative Writing
The Creative Writing at Rosemont College is rapidly gaining a national reputation, one that artfully blends the creative arts with the business of publishing. Rosemont MFA alumni have been published by the “big five” and have won major awards.
M.F.A. Blended
2 years$15,120/yr
Hollins University4,0(1)
Roanoke, United States Screenwriting
Screenwriting at Hollins University offer an experience unlike anything on the East Coast. We’ll challenge your expectations and help you prepare for a career in writing for film, television, and digital media.
M.F.A. On-campus
1½ year$24,000/yr
Naropa University4,3(4)
Boulder, United States Creative Writing and Poetics
Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University encourages the practice of writing as literary experiment: a radical inquiry into mind and language, and, by extension, into the nature of otherness and interdependence.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$17,310/yr
DePaul University4,0(20)
Chicago, United States Top 9% in Worldwide Writing and Publishing
In the flexible master’s in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University, you have the unique opportunity to study across genres and develop and revise your work under the mentorship of acclaimed authors and poets.
M.A. On-campus +2
2 years$19,488/yr
University of Houston4,3(23)
Houston, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Creative Writing
The faculty and staff of the Creative Writing program of the University of Houston work hard to ensure that their students have a rich and engaging graduate education.
M.F.A. On-campus
2 years$13,905/yr