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Creative Writing at University of Mississippi

Creative Writing at University of Mississippi

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

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and approximately 21,014 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.

Ole Miss Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Ole Miss Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss Creative Writing Master’s Program

60% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. Ole Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% 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 13% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
English Language and Literature Professors 390 $57,250
Editors 280 $46,070
Writers and Authors 170 $53,810

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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