Creative Writing at The University of Alabama

Every creative writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the creative writing program at The University of Alabama stacks up to those at other schools.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 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.

UA Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UA Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UA, 77% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Professors	3,180	$36,330
English Language and Literature Professors	930	$58,690
Writers and Authors	190	$58,590

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.