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Creative Writing at University of Arkansas

Creative Writing at University of Arkansas

If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what University of Arkansas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 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.

UARK Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UARK Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Creative Writing Master’s Program

73% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UARK, 73% 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 University of Arkansas with a master's in creative writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Professors 920 $57,420
English Language and Literature Professors 610 $56,320
Editors 330 $47,480
Writers and Authors 120 $48,670

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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