Creative Writing at University of Kentucky

Every creative writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the creative writing program at University of Kentucky stacks up to those at other schools.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UK Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Creative Writing Master’s Program

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. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Professors	890	$50,500
English Language and Literature Professors	800	$66,030
Editors	770	$44,050
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.