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Creative Writing at University of Iowa

Creative Writing at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 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.

Iowa Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Iowa Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Creative Writing Master’s Program

50% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 24
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Professors 2,250 $71,300
Editors 940 $51,480
English Language and Literature Professors 910 $84,130
Writers and Authors 470 $50,680

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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