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Creative Writing at Drexel University

Creative Writing at Drexel University

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 Drexel University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589.

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.

Drexel Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Online Classes Are Available at Drexel

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Drexel offers distance education options for creative writing at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Drexel Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel Creative Writing Master’s Program

81% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
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 PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
English Language and Literature Professors 3,860 $75,970
Editors 3,020 $62,870
Writers and Authors 1,400 $60,140

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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