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Creative Writing at Southern Methodist University

Creative Writing at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373.

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.

SMU Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

SMU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at SMU 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 SMU

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

SMU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its creative writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Editors 5,490 $72,300
English Language and Literature Professors 5,380 $75,720
Professors 3,510 $61,660
Writers and Authors 2,110 $56,680

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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