Creative Writing at American University

If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what American University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 14,001 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

The American University Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

The American University Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at The American University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at American University.

The American University Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from The American University, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Editors	3,330	$89,710
Writers and Authors	1,250	$101,690
English Language and Literature Professors	370	$115,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Samschoe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.