Creative Writing at University of California - Irvine

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if University of California - Irvine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 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.

UC Irvine Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UC Irvine Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UC Irvine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 33% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UC Irvine, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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 TFNorman under License

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