Creative Writing at Brandeis University

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Brandeis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,440 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.

Brandeis Creative Writing Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

Brandeis Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Brandeis 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 Brandeis

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

Brandeis Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

11% 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 Brandeis since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Brandeis 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 Brandeis University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MA, the home state for Brandeis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Editors	3,160	$89,280
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000

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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