Creative Writing at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 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.

UCF Creative Writing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UCF Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Creative Writing Master’s Program

64% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UCF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UCF, 55% 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 45% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Editors	4,190	$58,200
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140

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
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