Creative Writing at Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion University stacks up to those at other schools.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286.

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.

Old Dominion Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Old Dominion Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Old Dominion does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Old Dominion, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing
• Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies
• Rhetoric & Composition

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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Editors	3,450	$72,660
English Language and Literature Professors	2,320	$61,690
Writers and Authors	1,220	$68,600

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.