Creative Writing at Queens College

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 Queens College stacks up to those at other schools.

QC is located in Queens, New York and has a total student population of 19,700.

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.

QC Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

QC Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at QC

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

QC Creative Writing Master’s Program

63% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. QC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NY, the home state for Queens College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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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