Creative Writing at Chapman University

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at Chapman University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Chapman is located in Orange, California and has a total student population of 9,761.

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.

Chapman Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Chapman Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Chapman 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 Chapman

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

Chapman Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 Chapman since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Chapman are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Chapman University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Chapman Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Chapman, 58% 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	2
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 CA, the home state for Chapman University.

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 Tom Arthur under License

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