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Creative Writing at Emerson College

Creative Writing at Emerson College

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

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,115.

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.

Emerson Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing
  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Emerson Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Emerson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Emerson

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

Emerson Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Emerson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 63
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Emerson Creative Writing Master’s Program

84% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Emerson, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 41
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Editors 3,160 $89,280
English Language and Literature Professors 2,780 $80,450
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000

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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