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Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University

Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

FAU Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Creative Writing Master’s Program

63% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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. FAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from FAU, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 5
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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Professors 16,250 $61,440
Editors 4,190 $58,200
English Language and Literature Professors 2,590 $66,720
Writers and Authors 1,830 $53,140

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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