Creative Writing at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 52,017 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.

UMN Twin Cities Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UMN Twin Cities Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UMN Twin Cities does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UMN Twin Cities, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Editors	2,700	$58,820
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
English Language and Literature Professors	1,050	$66,150
Professors	630	$64,840

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

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