Creative Writing at North Carolina State University

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 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.

NC State Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

NC State Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. NC State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Professors	5,220	$70,590
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080
Editors	2,090	$67,450
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.