Creative Writing at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a total student population of 37,437.

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.

CU - Boulder Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

CU - Boulder Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. CU - Boulder does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Editors	2,010	$59,120
English Language and Literature Professors	1,410	$60,440
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Professors	410	$63,920

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.