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Creative Writing at Fairfield University

Creative Writing at Fairfield University

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at Fairfield University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 5,513 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.

Fairfield U Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Fairfield U Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Creative Writing Master’s Program

77% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Fairfield U, 86% 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 Fairfield University with a master's in creative writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Editors 950 $71,260
English Language and Literature Professors 690 $84,330
Writers and Authors 560 $78,440

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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