Most Popular Schools for Creative Writing Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Southern New Hampshire University	350	2%	$51,538
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	163	1%	$76,856
3	Emerson College	141	12%	$68,392
4	Western Washington University	116	3%	$24,077
5	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	115	1%	$33,503
6	University of California-Riverside	108	2%	$35,242
7	Vermont College of Fine Arts	98	55%	N/A
8	Johns Hopkins University	91	1%	$71,901
9	Columbia College Chicago	89	5%	$45,644
10	The New School	76	3%	$71,361
11	Hamline University	73	5%	$53,538
12	Lindenwood University	70	2%	$30,500
13	The University of Texas at Austin	64	0%	$26,506
14	Antioch University-Los Angeles	62	18%	N/A
15	University of Arizona	58	1%	$29,217
16	University of North Carolina Wilmington	56	1%	$24,982
17	Chapman University	54	2%	$73,182
18	University of Iowa	51	1%	$24,239
19	Goddard College	51	26%	$17,186
20	University of Houston	50	1%	$23,225
21	Miami University-Oxford	48	1%	$33,229
22	Pacific University	48	6%	$59,490
23	New York University	47	0%	$73,566
24	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	47	5%	$67,870
25	George Mason University	46	1%	$30,284
26	Sarah Lawrence College	46	11%	$72,670
27	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	45	0%	$27,638
28	Queens University of Charlotte	44	7%	$48,968
29	CUNY Brooklyn College	43	1%	$8,604
30	National University	43	1%	$15,024
31	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	38	5%	$60,644
32	Central Washington University	38	1%	$23,201
33	Warren Wilson College	37	22%	$51,100
34	University of Southern California	37	0%	$74,825
35	Brown University	37	2%	$73,802
36	Wilkes University	36	2%	$55,676
37	Western Michigan University	36	1%	$26,009
38	Susquehanna University	35	7%	$62,480
39	Spalding University	35	6%	$39,487
40	Portland State University	34	0%	$26,085
41	Binghamton University	34	1%	$26,866
42	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	33	0%	$30,298
43	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	33	0%	$27,476
44	Lesley University	33	2%	$49,255
45	Stony Brook University	31	0%	$26,091
46	University of Southern Maine	31	2%	$22,968
47	Chatham University	31	5%	$52,131
48	Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	31	49%	$21,384
49	The University of Texas at El Paso	31	1%	$23,843
50	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	30	1%	$24,915
51	Arcadia University	30	3%	$59,980
52	Pratt Institute-Main	30	2%	$67,742
53	SUNY College at Oswego	28	1%	$24,780
54	CUNY City College	27	1%	$29,967
55	University of Nebraska at Omaha	26	1%	$22,300
56	Washington University in St Louis	26	1%	$74,361
57	University of Central Oklahoma	26	1%	$24,091
58	Augsburg University	26	3%	$52,780
59	Ithaca College	25	2%	$62,757
60	Pacific Lutheran University	25	3%	$56,784
61	Rhode Island College	25	1%	$23,398
62	Naropa University	25	9%	$50,810
63	DePaul University	25	0%	$57,678
64	Oregon State University	24	0%	$26,892
65	San Francisco State University	24	0%	$27,480
66	University of Central Arkansas	24	1%	$22,563
67	University at Buffalo	23	0%	$27,758
68	University of New Orleans	23	1%	$25,223
69	Seton Hill University	23	5%	$51,432
70	The University of Tampa	23	1%	$45,450
71	Oakland University	22	1%	$25,524
72	Oberlin College	22	3%	$74,636
73	University of Baltimore	22	2%	$10,558
74	Northern Michigan University	22	1%	$24,187
75	Butler University	21	2%	$59,660
76	Knox College	21	7%	$58,324
77	Stephen F Austin State University	20	1%	$22,156
78	University of Maine at Farmington	20	5%	$22,562
79	Weber State University	19	0%	$20,511
80	Minnesota State University-Mankato	19	1%	$20,482
81	Hampshire College	19	6%	$67,174
82	Manhattanville College	19	3%	$55,690
83	Hamilton College	19	4%	$69,990
84	Loyola University Maryland	19	1%	$66,200
85	The University of Alabama	19	0%	$29,872
86	Seattle University	18	1%	$61,608
87	Emory University	18	0%	$69,502
88	University of Denver	18	0%	$67,656
89	Colorado College	18	3%	$71,642
90	Fairfield University	18	1%	$65,940
91	Loyola University New Orleans	18	3%	$56,564
92	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	18	0%	$24,035
93	Rutgers University-Newark	18	1%	$32,708
94	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	17	0%	$23,977
95	Boston University	17	0%	$72,618
96	Converse College	17	6%	$34,230
97	Mills College	17	4%	$47,784
98	Ohio University-Main Campus	17	0%	$28,986
99	University of St Thomas	17	1%	$56,664
100	California College of the Arts	17	3%	$67,074

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Creative Writing program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.