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Creative Writing at CUNY Brooklyn College

If you plan to study Creative Writing, you may want to check out the program at CUNY Brooklyn College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

CUNY Brooklyn College sits in Brooklyn, NY.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 37 creative writing degrees were awarded at CUNY Brooklyn College.

Studying Online at CUNY Brooklyn College

Online coursework is an option at CUNY Brooklyn College. Among 14,390 students, 2,086 (14%) studied exclusively online and 6,308 (44%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the diversity of Creative Writing graduates at CUNY Brooklyn College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Creative Writing graduates at CUNY Brooklyn College are 68% women (25) and 32% men (12).

Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program at CUNY Brooklyn College

Of the 22 bachelor’s creative writing degrees awarded at CUNY Brooklyn College, 64% were women (14) and 36% were men (8).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	8
Hispanic / Latino	5
Black / African American	8
Asian	1

Minority students account for 64% of Creative Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at CUNY Brooklyn College, higher than the national average of 30%.*

Creative Writing Master’s Program at CUNY Brooklyn College

Of the 15 master’s creative writing graduates at CUNY Brooklyn College, 73% were women (11) and 27% were men (4).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	10
Hispanic / Latino	1
Asian	2
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1
International (Nonresident)	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of Creative Writing master’s degree recipients at CUNY Brooklyn College, above the national average of 26%.*

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

Highest-Paying Careers for Creative Writing Graduates

Students who finish Creative Writing program at CUNY Brooklyn College go on to a range of careers. Here are the top-paying careers for Creative Writing majors, 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.