Creative Writing at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 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.

Iowa State Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Iowa State Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Creative Writing Master’s Program

56% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Iowa State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Iowa State, 67% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Editors	940	$51,480
English Language and Literature Professors	910	$84,130
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680

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
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