Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 134,345.

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.

SNHU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SNHU offers distance education options for creative writing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at SNHU 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 SNHU

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

SNHU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at SNHU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	393
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

SNHU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from SNHU, 72% 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 New Hampshire University with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	111
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Editors	400	$57,750
Writers and Authors	340	$56,850
English Language and Literature Professors	310	$85,140
Professors	170	$63,850

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.