Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

BGSU is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and approximately 18,142 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.

BGSU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at BGSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? BGSU offers distance education options for creative writing at the following degree levels:

BGSU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at BGSU 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 BGSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

BGSU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 BGSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Bowling Green State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

BGSU Creative Writing Master’s Program

56% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. BGSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from BGSU, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 OH, the home state for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
English Language and Literature Professors	2,740	$84,970
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Writers and Authors	1,360	$48,380

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
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