Creative Writing at Syracuse University

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

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 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.

Syracuse Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

Syracuse Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Syracuse 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 Syracuse

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

Syracuse Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Syracuse 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. Syracuse does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies

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 NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.