Creative Writing at Minnesota State University - Mankato

If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what Minnesota State University - Mankato has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and approximately 14,761 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.

Minnesota State Mankato Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Minnesota State Mankato Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Minnesota State Mankato 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 Minnesota State Mankato

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

Minnesota State Mankato Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 Minnesota State Mankato since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Minnesota State Mankato are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Minnesota State Mankato Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Minnesota State Mankato does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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 Minnesota State University - Mankato with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing
• General Writing

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 MN, the home state for Minnesota State University - Mankato.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
English Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$66,150
Professors	630	$64,840

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 SaiketTewary under License

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