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Creative Writing at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Creative Writing at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

NMSU Main Campus Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Creative Writing Master’s Program

29% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. NMSU Main Campus does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 42% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from NMSU Main Campus, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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 4
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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Editors 310 $44,370
English Language and Literature Professors 90 $56,750
Writers and Authors 70 $49,460

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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