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	Goddard College	51	26%	$17,186
19	University of Iowa	51	1%	$24,239
20	University of Houston	50	1%	$23,225
21	Pacific University	48	6%	$59,490
22	Miami University-Oxford	48	1%	$33,229
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	National University	43	1%	$15,024
30	CUNY Brooklyn College	43	1%	$8,604
31	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	38	5%	$60,644
32	Central Washington University	38	1%	$23,201
33	Brown University	37	2%	$73,802
34	Warren Wilson College	37	22%	$51,100
35	University of Southern California	37	0%	$74,825
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	Binghamton University	34	1%	$26,866
41	Portland State University	34	0%	$26,085
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	University of Southern Maine	31	2%	$22,968
46	The University of Texas at El Paso	31	1%	$23,843
47	Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	31	49%	$21,384
48	Chatham University	31	5%	$52,131
49	Stony Brook University	31	0%	$26,091
50	Pratt Institute-Main	30	2%	$67,742
51	Arcadia University	30	3%	$59,980
52	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	30	1%	$24,915
53	SUNY College at Oswego	28	1%	$24,780
54	CUNY City College	27	1%	$29,967
55	Washington University in St Louis	26	1%	$74,361
56	University of Central Oklahoma	26	1%	$24,091
57	Augsburg University	26	3%	$52,780
58	University of Nebraska at Omaha	26	1%	$22,300
59	DePaul University	25	0%	$57,678
60	Rhode Island College	25	1%	$23,398
61	Pacific Lutheran University	25	3%	$56,784
62	Ithaca College	25	2%	$62,757
63	Naropa University	25	9%	$50,810
64	University of Central Arkansas	24	1%	$22,563
65	San Francisco State University	24	0%	$27,480
66	Oregon State University	24	0%	$26,892
67	Seton Hill University	23	5%	$51,432
68	University at Buffalo	23	0%	$27,758
69	The University of Tampa	23	1%	$45,450
70	University of New Orleans	23	1%	$25,223
71	Northern Michigan University	22	1%	$24,187
72	Oberlin College	22	3%	$74,636
73	Oakland University	22	1%	$25,524
74	University of Baltimore	22	2%	$10,558
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	The University of Alabama	19	0%	$29,872
80	Weber State University	19	0%	$20,511
81	Manhattanville College	19	3%	$55,690
82	Hampshire College	19	6%	$67,174
83	Hamilton College	19	4%	$69,990
84	Minnesota State University-Mankato	19	1%	$20,482
85	Loyola University Maryland	19	1%	$66,200
86	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	18	0%	$24,035
87	Colorado College	18	3%	$71,642
88	Loyola University New Orleans	18	3%	$56,564
89	Rutgers University-Newark	18	1%	$32,708
90	Fairfield University	18	1%	$65,940
91	University of Denver	18	0%	$67,656
92	Seattle University	18	1%	$61,608
93	Emory University	18	0%	$69,502
94	University of St Thomas	17	1%	$56,664
95	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	17	0%	$23,977
96	Converse College	17	6%	$34,230
97	Mills College	17	4%	$47,784
98	Ohio University-Main Campus	17	0%	$28,986
99	Saint Mary's College of California	17	1%	$67,168
100	Boston University	17	0%	$72,618

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.