Creative Writing at Brown University

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

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 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.

Brown Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Brown Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Brown 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in creative writing, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% 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 Brown since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Brown are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Brown University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Brown Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Brown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
English Language and Literature Professors	330	$93,470
Editors	200	$66,900
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820

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 Ad Meskens under License

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