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Creative Writing at Hampshire College

Creative Writing at Hampshire College

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

Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 522 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.

Hampshire Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

Hampshire Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Hampshire 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 Hampshire

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

Hampshire Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

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

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 Hampshire 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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