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Creative Writing at Colby College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Creative Writing, consider the program at Colby College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Colby College sits in Waterville, ME.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 13 creative writing degrees were awarded at Colby College.

Studying Online at Colby College

Colby College primarily offers on-campus instruction; distance-education enrollment is limited.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Creative Writing graduates at Colby College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Creative Writing graduates at Colby College are 69% women (9) and 31% men (4).

Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program at Colby College

Of the 13 bachelor’s creative writing graduates at Colby College, 69% were women (9) and 31% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Creative Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at Colby College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	10
Hispanic / Latino	1
Asian	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of Creative Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at Colby College, below the national average of 30%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Creative Writing Graduates

Those who complete Creative Writing program at Colby College work across a variety of fields. Below are the best-paid careers for Creative Writing graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Editors	$100,346
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,437
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$70,619
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Writers and Authors	$63,195

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.