Creative Writing at University of Arizona

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 University of Arizona stacks up to those at other schools.

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a total student population of 45,601.

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.

University of Arizona Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

University of Arizona Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at University of Arizona 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 University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Arizona since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 University of Arizona with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

University of Arizona Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. University of Arizona does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 46% more men than average.

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

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

Related Majors

• Rhetoric & Composition

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 AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Professors	1,820	$68,880
Editors	1,020	$57,180
English Language and Literature Professors	900	$76,610
Writers and Authors	360	$55,410

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 Msr69er under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.