Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 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.

Eastern Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Eastern Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Creative Writing Master’s Program

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. Eastern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Eastern, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Professors	890	$50,500
English Language and Literature Professors	800	$66,030
Editors	770	$44,050
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.