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Creative Writing at DePaul University

Creative Writing at DePaul University

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If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what DePaul University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

DePaul Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Creative Writing Master’s Program

43% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from DePaul, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 14
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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Editors 3,830 $62,590
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Professors 3,040 $66,970
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710

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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