Creative Writing at Augsburg 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 Augsburg University stacks up to those at other schools.

Augsburg is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 3,346 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.

Augsburg Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Augsburg Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Augsburg 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 Augsburg

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

Augsburg Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Augsburg since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Augsburg are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augsburg 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 Augsburg, 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 36% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
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 MN, the home state for Augsburg University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
English Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$66,150
Professors	630	$64,840

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 Aug under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.