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Creative Writing at Cornell College

Creative Writing at Cornell College

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and approximately 1,002 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.

Cornell College Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Cornell College Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Cornell College 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 Cornell College

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

Cornell College Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Cornell College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Cornell College Creative Writing Master’s Program

75% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell College 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 0
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Professors 2,250 $71,300
Editors 940 $51,480
English Language and Literature Professors 910 $84,130
Writers and Authors 470 $50,680

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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