Creative Writing at Coastal Carolina University

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 Coastal Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

Coastal Carolina University is located in Conway, South Carolina and has a total student population of 10,118.

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.

Coastal Carolina University Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Coastal Carolina University Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Coastal Carolina University

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

Coastal Carolina University Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Coastal Carolina University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Coastal Carolina University, 60% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
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 SC, the home state for Coastal Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Editors	820	$46,630
English Language and Literature Professors	710	$70,130

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 DKHardee/Kyle Hardee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.