Creative Writing at California Institute of the Arts

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 California Institute of the Arts stacks up to those at other schools.

CalArts is located in Valencia, California and approximately 1,166 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.

CalArts Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

CalArts Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at CalArts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at California Institute of the Arts.

CalArts Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. CalArts does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from CalArts, 70% 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 California Institute of the Arts with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
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 CA, the home state for California Institute of the Arts.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.