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Creative Writing at SUNY at Purchase College

If you plan to study Creative Writing, take a look at what SUNY at Purchase College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY at Purchase College sits in Purchase, NY.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 19 creative writing degrees were granted at SUNY at Purchase College.

Studying Online at SUNY at Purchase College

Online coursework is an option at SUNY at Purchase College. Of 3,333 students, 29 (1%) studied exclusively online and 765 (23%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Creative Writing graduates at SUNY at Purchase College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Creative Writing graduates at SUNY at Purchase College are 79% women (15) and 21% men (4).

Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program at SUNY at Purchase College

Of the 19 bachelor’s creative writing graduates at SUNY at Purchase College, 79% were women (15) and 21% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Creative Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at SUNY at Purchase College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	10
Hispanic / Latino	7
Black / African American	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of Creative Writing bachelor’s degree recipients at SUNY at Purchase College, above the national average of 30%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for Creative Writing Graduates

Graduates of the Creative Writing program at SUNY at Purchase College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Creative Writing majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Editors	$100,346
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,437
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$70,619
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Writers and Authors	$63,195

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.