Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Pacific Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 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.

PLU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

PLU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at PLU 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 PLU

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

PLU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% 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 PLU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PLU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. PLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from PLU, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.