Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 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.

SIUC Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

SIUC Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from SIUC, 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860
Professors	3,040	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.