Creative Writing at George Mason University

Every creative writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the creative writing program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 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.

GMU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

GMU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at GMU 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 GMU

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

GMU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at GMU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its creative writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from GMU, 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing
• Rhetoric & Composition

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.