Creative Writing at Eastern Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Eastern Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 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.

EWU Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

EWU Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. EWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from EWU, 85% 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 Washington University with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.