Creative Writing at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UIUC Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UIUC, 88% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in creative writing.

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

Related Majors

• Rhetoric & Composition

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Editors	3,830	$62,590
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860
Professors	3,040	$66,970
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.