Creative Writing at Arcadia University

Every creative writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the creative writing program at Arcadia University stacks up to those at other schools.

Arcadia is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,300.

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.

Arcadia Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing
• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Arcadia Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Arcadia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Arcadia

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

Arcadia Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its creative writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Arcadia Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Arcadia, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 PA, the home state for Arcadia University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140

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 Shuvaev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.