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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.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Southern New Hampshire 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 350 2% $51,538
2 Columbia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø in the City of New York 163 1% $76,856
3 Emerson College 141 12% $68,392
4 Western Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 116 3% $24,077
5 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 115 1% $33,503
6 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Riverside 108 2% $35,242
7 Vermont College of Fine Arts 98 55% N/A
8 Johns Hopkins 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 91 1% $71,901
9 Columbia College Chicago 89 5% $45,644
10 The New School 76 3% $71,361
11 Hamline 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 73 5% $53,538
12 Lindenwood 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 70 2% $30,500
13 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin 64 0% $26,506
14 Antioch 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Los Angeles 62 18% N/A
15 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arizona 58 1% $29,217
16 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina Wilmington 56 1% $24,982
17 Chapman 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 54 2% $73,182
18 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Iowa 51 1% $24,239
19 Goddard College 51 26% $17,186
20 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Houston 50 1% $23,225
21 Miami 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Oxford 48 1% $33,229
22 Pacific 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 48 6% $59,490
23 New York 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 47 0% $73,566
24 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 47 5% $67,870
25 George Mason 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 46 1% $30,284
26 Sarah Lawrence College 46 11% $72,670
27 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Washington-Seattle Campus 45 0% $27,638
28 Queens 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Charlotte 44 7% $48,968
29 CUNY Brooklyn College 43 1% $8,604
30 National 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 43 1% $15,024
31 Fairleigh Dickinson 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Florham Campus 38 5% $60,644
32 Central Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 38 1% $23,201
33 Warren Wilson College 37 22% $51,100
34 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern California 37 0% $74,825
35 Brown 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 37 2% $73,802
36 Wilkes 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 36 2% $55,676
37 Western Michigan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 36 1% $26,009
38 Susquehanna 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 35 7% $62,480
39 Spalding 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 35 6% $39,487
40 34 0% $26,085
41 34 1% $26,866
42 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Michigan-Ann Arbor 33 0% $30,298
43 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Cincinnati-Main Campus 33 0% $27,476
44 Lesley 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 33 2% $49,255
45 31 0% $26,091
46 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern Maine 31 2% $22,968
47 Chatham 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 31 5% $52,131
48 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 31 49% $21,384
49 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at El Paso 31 1% $23,843
50 30 1% $24,915
51 Arcadia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nebraska at Omaha 26 1% $22,300
56 Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø in St Louis 26 1% $74,361
57 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Oklahoma 26 1% $24,091
58 Augsburg 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 26 3% $52,780
59 Ithaca College 25 2% $62,757
60 Pacific Lutheran 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 25 3% $56,784
61 Rhode Island College 25 1% $23,398
62 Naropa 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 25 9% $50,810
63 DePaul 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 25 0% $57,678
64 24 0% $26,892
65 24 0% $27,480
66 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Arkansas 24 1% $22,563
67 23 0% $27,758
68 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Orleans 23 1% $25,223
69 Seton Hill 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 23 5% $51,432
70 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tampa 23 1% $45,450
71 Oakland 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 22 1% $25,524
72 Oberlin College 22 3% $74,636
73 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Baltimore 22 2% $10,558
74 Northern Michigan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 22 1% $24,187
75 Butler 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 21 2% $59,660
76 Knox College 21 7% $58,324
77 20 1% $22,156
78 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maine at Farmington 20 5% $22,562
79 19 0% $20,511
80 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 911³Ô¹ÏÍø Maryland 19 1% $66,200
85 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alabama 19 0% $29,872
86 Seattle 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 18 1% $61,608
87 Emory 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 18 0% $69,502
88 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Denver 18 0% $67,656
89 Colorado College 18 3% $71,642
90 Fairfield 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 18 1% $65,940
91 Loyola 911³Ô¹ÏÍø New Orleans 18 3% $56,564
92 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nevada-Las Vegas 18 0% $24,035
93 Rutgers 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Newark 18 1% $32,708
94 17 0% $23,977
95 Boston 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 17 0% $72,618
96 Converse College 17 6% $34,230
97 Mills College 17 4% $47,784
98 Ohio 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Main Campus 17 0% $28,986
99 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 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.