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Creative Writing at Chatham University

Creative Writing at Chatham University

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

Chatham is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,353.

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.

Chatham Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Chatham Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Chatham 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 Chatham

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

Chatham Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Chatham are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Chatham University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

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

Chatham Creative Writing Master’s Program

87% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Chatham, 73% 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 Chatham University with a master's in creative writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 PA, the home state for Chatham University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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