Creative Writing at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 14,132.

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.

UCO Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

UCO Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at UCO 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 UCO

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

UCO Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at UCO are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in creative writing.

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

UCO Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UCO does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 38% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UCO, 100% 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 Central Oklahoma with a master's in creative writing.

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

Related Majors

• Rhetoric & Composition
• Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Professors	1,480	$74,880
Editors	700	$44,380
English Language and Literature Professors	630	$51,870
Writers and Authors	210	$50,490

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.